teh holidays

norb — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:19:09 +0000

i’m not really one for family and all that crap, but i do enjoy the holidays. if you’ve read my blog at all before you know that i love to travel, and traveling is generally a large part of the holiday experience. almost all of my family lives here in ohio, so i usually don’t have to travel far. i tend to like driving though (as long as the traffic isn’t too bad) and have lived here long enough to realize when are good and bad days to drive around the holidays

take this upcoming thanksgiving for example. most of the jerks around here will be trying to get out of town tonight, and get back here on sunday. i tried that once like 8 years ago and i’ll never do it again. so now i drive home thanksgiving morning and come back on saturday. this has lead me to never have to wait in traffic for upwards of 2 or 3 hours (each way).

i generally like the feeling you have around the holidays. yeah, it can be a stressful time, but it can also be very relaxing. i, of course, love the time off work. who doesn’t?

this year for christmas i’m making a trip with the girlfriend to her native lands of florida. it’ll be the first time in my life where i’ve not spent actual christmas day with my family. i’m not really upset about that though, as i’ll be in sunny florida (and i won’t have to attend the yearly christmas eve service my mother guilts us all into every year). i’m looking forward to meeting some of her family and whatnot, and of course spending time in a warmer clime than i’m used to.

along with not seeing my family for christmas day, this will also be the first year i’m flying very near to the 25th. only one other time i have flown near christmas was actually after the 25th (something like the 28th) with a return trip in early january. that experience wasn’t too bad actually. this time we’re flying down there on the 20th and coming back here on the 26th. i’m interested to see what it’s like.

let’s get it going

norb — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:25:13 +0000

ah, the end of summer. working where i do, it’s always an interesting time. more people come. the renewal of fall begins. it’s a strange difference given the fact that fall is when nature starts to die for the winter, but yet this place starts to grow.

so this is my umpteenth attempt at a blog, but whatever. i’ll try it again and see if it doesn’t get any more enjoyable. maybe because this one is on my own site i’ll feel more inclined to write about whatever. (i’ve imported all my old blog posts from livejournal below, btw)

there’s a big weekend ahead for me. saturday has the first buckeye game of the season, which due to circumstances out of my control *COUGH*GODDAMN BIG TEN ASSRAPE NETWORK*COUGH* i’ll have to travel to a friends house to watch the game. then i have a birthday party for my 7 year old cousin, and finally there’s a good show at ruby tuesday on campus saturday night.

speaking of which, you should go!

then of course, there’s sunday. i believe a party is in the works at dr. jones house. and monday is a holiday. i have to pick up K at the airport at some point. the world traveler returns!

so yeah, the world comes and the world goes and norb lives on.

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teh holidays

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