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On the road again…

I’m pretty sure this much traveling would be absolutely intolerable if I didn’t know as many people as I do in this town…or have at least an idea of how I can distract myself on a regular old Tuesday night. But, it’s not the same as being home…

Lucky for me, on top of being busy enough for the days to pass by at an efficient clip, we have blackberries. Which make impromptu sappy “MISS YOOOOOOOU” PINs and photojournaling far easier in practice and on our collective couple melancholy.

For instance…

Le pouty puppy
I figured I’d better stop here…but know there are more of these seemingly innocuous little moments, thoughts and randomness captured and sent to me across a couple of timezones and countries.

This weekend I’ll be home again for a brief few days before jetting off once more 48 hours later. The mutual appreciation for each other’s presence has grown, even if certain side effects like unbalanced household maintenance can cause some grumbles from both sides. S’okay. In two weeks we’ll be celebrating the two year anniversary of our ‘Civil Union Day’. Around this time seven years ago we both realized the other even really existed. As inconvenient as extended travels are…I’m glad we’re both in ‘the good’.

Boys night in

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A typical car ride

“So, I figured something out the other day while I was playing video games.”

“What’s that?”

“Clark Griswold was a product manager.”

“I’m sorry…<snort>…he was a product manager?”

“Yeah – don’t laugh! The CEO asks him for a report on the new impenetrable varnish he created for the cereal. He was the guy in charge of that product!”

“You are such a geek.”

Merry Christmas to all, from us and our furry friends

How do you spend Christmas?

Well, if you’re MJ you find the plushest spot in the apartment…a mountain of laundry. Then you convert said spot into a snuggling oasis.

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Others gazed out the window, across the creepy scaffolding that’s been there for almost two weeks, and thought about the year ahead.

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It’s been a great year – here’s to another one. Merry Christmas to all – now we’re off to the movies.

Family Portrait

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p.s. my foot mittens are ridiculously awesome.