Not so great with the details.
For example, my friend Jules and her son Malcolm are coming to visit next week. Which first of all, yay, because they are far away in New Hampshire and I miss them. But anyway, they will be our first overnight guests, and I got to thinking that the bed in the guest room isn’t really big enough for two people. Also, it is an antique, so it is very high off the ground, so probably not so great for a 21 month old. And I happened to notice that they had these queen sized airbeds on sale at Target this week…so problem solved, right? Except that when I got to Target, I saw that the king sized air mattresses were the very same price as the queen sized ones, and thinking “hey, even more room for the same price! I know, I’ll get the king sized one.” Great plan. With just one flaw, which I didn’t realize until last night. We don’t have any king sized sheets. Oops.
And then there’s Mumbai. That’s what they call Bombay now, if you didn’t know. I had noticed this in a vague way, but hadn’t really paid much attention. But today, I was reading an article and it talked about Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and I got curious. So I looked it up in Wikipedia, and it turns out they changed the name back in 1995! Hi, I’m so oblivious, I’m a decade behind the times. And I consider myself to be an informed, citizen of the world type. How did I miss this? The amount of time I’ve spent in Indian restaurants consuming Indian food over the last ten years alone should have given me enough exposure to the fact that the city had a new name.
And this inability to pay attention to details is, I’m sure, exactly why I still can’t get my laptop to connect to the internet. But I will figure it out sooner or later and…well, I don't really know what the benefit for you in that is. More frequent posting because I don’t have to arm wrestle John for control of the computer? You may or may not see that as a bonus, but I’m excited about it.
I didn't know Bombay was now Mumbai either. I am so not a citizen of the world. Maybe it's becaue I work with an Indian man who is the bane of my exsistence - I don't know.
More posts from you has GOT to be a good thing! 'Cos I have had to go and blogroll you know - so don't let me down - post 14 times a day ;)
Hi,
We are finally back from Russia and in the swing of things. First, congrats on the new house, can't wait to see it! Second, congrats on the new site, very awesome and I love the new pictures every time you refresh, totally cool, who ever Zoot is, they are brilliant! And last, now that we know that Jules and Malcolm are coming to town we have to see them! So I will be dropping a line to Divine Ms. J ;) and try to convince her!
Can't wait for more posts...Val
Consider me uninformed, 10 years and a day later than you. Huh. Details. Now there's a concept.
What? Bombay's not Bombay anymore? Sheesh. I'm with BMH...ten years and two days later than you, I guess.
details? what are those?? =)