Family Life

The snow that started falling yesterday continued all morning. Debbie went grocery shopping and returned declaring the roads quite slippery. The snowfall continued all afternoon. I was feeling under the weather, so to speak, and the actual gloomy weather was all the encouragement I needed to stay inside and have a quiet day. I played [...]

Today I put in a full day of work. That is to say, I actually worked all day on stuff that was immediately useful to the customer, that directly used my abilities, and that I enjoyed. This is notable because the last few months have been filled with paperwork, maintenance and training. Necessary things, but [...]

Today was my last day at work here in Hungary, a relief and a worry at the same time. It has been a good week, simple, with easy-going people, good weather, good food, plenty of sleep. But I’m keen to go home. Debbie and the boys are sick and really need some support. I’ll breathe [...]

Work got off to a slow start this week, but we’ve now hit our stride and it’s all going full steam ahead. Too bad it’s Thursday and my week is over tomorrow. Still, I’ve accomplished most of what I came to do, so it has been a successful week after all. I’ve been drinking copious [...]

After weeks of planning, rescheduling and false starts, I’m finally in Gy?r. Yes, it’s impossible to get that double accent on an English keyboard. It won’t even transfer correctly from the Microsoft Character Map utility. The easiest is to copy and paste from Wikipedia. The gy is pronounced like the g in edge, and the [...]