First, finagle your way into another military-sponsored trip to a base in Hawaii. Second, take an 8-month-old. Third, pray said 8-month-old refrains from screaming during the 19 hours spent on airplanes. Simple! We left on Sunday, a few hours before the Atlanta Snowpocalypse 2011 (leaving my mother in charge of […]
When each of our children was born, as soon as the hospital released the Mrs, I dropped her off at our house and went to work. The only time I provide exclusive childcare is in the evenings while they’re sleeping and on Sunday afternoons while she mans her store. Any […]
Pretty Bride: Was today your favorite part of this trip? Me: Yes. Well, maybe. I liked the night at Hank‘s when we sat at the “community table” with the destination wedding party a good bit. Or maybe the hours we spent at Folly Beach, when all the youngsters were running […]
Only the elite, high speed, squared away freedom fighters get to choose locations like Honolulu and Seattle for their Reserves/Guard active duty days. And since I finagled my way into just such an arrangement, someone in Washington must think me an elite, high speed, squared away freedom fighter. I can’t […]
I think I love New York more for what it represents than what it is. It’s where I went for spring break in law school. It’s where I landed within hours of taking the bar exam. It’s where I went AWOL while deployed to Andrews AFB, MD to get away […]
