Life continues to be rich and full in the Miser Household. This week I was particularly rich in car time. Because my office is only 2 or 3 blocks from my home, I'm hardly ever in a car (especially compared to other people I know). So the sheer amount of time I spent in our little old Prius this week is really unusual for me.
Cars weren't our only big transportation modes this week, either. There was still a wealth of walking, a riot of running, and a bit of buses, a ton of trains, and (of course) a bunch of biking. On Tuesday, in particular, we did just about all of those modes -- N-son took a bus to school while I biked to our local rescue mission. Then my husband I and took trains (he, to Tuesday with Toomey, and me to give a talk at another university). After school, N-son walked over to the local polling place and voted for his first time ever!
The car got put into serious service later in the week. On Thursday, my husband picked up J-son, who came into town in the morning to take care of some important paperwork; after that administrative stuff was taken care of, we went to N-son's school to have lunch with him. It's awesome having a child in culinary school, right? This was the first time the boys had seen each other in months, and they were glad to be back together. After lunch, we drove J-son back to his current home with his former foster mom. So for me, that was 76 miles in the car, with 3-4 co-passengers. Phew!
But the next day made Thursday seem tame by comparison: 164 miles in the car, with 4-5 co-passengers [my husband took the train one way, and joined us in the car on the way back]. Because that day we traveled out to see the Savoy company perform Iolanthe, that totally awesome Gilbert&Sullivan operetta. It was K-daughter's first time seeing the show, and she was really surprised -- she'd been expecting something lofty and weighty like Carmen or Madame Butterfly, not like the Three Stooges with British accents and fancy music and intellectual depth. The rest of us have seen it, like, a gazillion times because of family connections. We had a blast together, getting to appreciate something we love, while simultaneously seeing it for the first time through K-daughter's eyes.
And we got home after midnight . . . tired but super happy. Saturday was super rainy, and so I spent much of the day peacefully at home, enjoying staying dry.
Cars weren't our only big transportation modes this week, either. There was still a wealth of walking, a riot of running, and a bit of buses, a ton of trains, and (of course) a bunch of biking. On Tuesday, in particular, we did just about all of those modes -- N-son took a bus to school while I biked to our local rescue mission. Then my husband I and took trains (he, to Tuesday with Toomey, and me to give a talk at another university). After school, N-son walked over to the local polling place and voted for his first time ever!
The car got put into serious service later in the week. On Thursday, my husband picked up J-son, who came into town in the morning to take care of some important paperwork; after that administrative stuff was taken care of, we went to N-son's school to have lunch with him. It's awesome having a child in culinary school, right? This was the first time the boys had seen each other in months, and they were glad to be back together. After lunch, we drove J-son back to his current home with his former foster mom. So for me, that was 76 miles in the car, with 3-4 co-passengers. Phew!
But the next day made Thursday seem tame by comparison: 164 miles in the car, with 4-5 co-passengers [my husband took the train one way, and joined us in the car on the way back]. Because that day we traveled out to see the Savoy company perform Iolanthe, that totally awesome Gilbert&Sullivan operetta. It was K-daughter's first time seeing the show, and she was really surprised -- she'd been expecting something lofty and weighty like Carmen or Madame Butterfly, not like the Three Stooges with British accents and fancy music and intellectual depth. The rest of us have seen it, like, a gazillion times because of family connections. We had a blast together, getting to appreciate something we love, while simultaneously seeing it for the first time through K-daughter's eyes.
Nothing venture, nothing win –
Blood is thick, but water's thin –
In for a penny, in for a pound –
It's Love that makes the world go round!
And we got home after midnight . . . tired but super happy. Saturday was super rainy, and so I spent much of the day peacefully at home, enjoying staying dry.
When tempests wreck thy bark,And that's the news from the Miser Family, which continues to be wealthy in our adventures. May you and yours be similarly prosperous.
And all is drear and dark,
If thou shouldst need an Ark,
I'll give thee one!
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