ah, monday...
Well, the surprise was a success, and we had a great time at the Flinner's house with the Stenman's and Laab's. Good conversation and good food and drink. Dad got a lot of liquid presents, the coolest, I think from C and me, german beers from a special store in allentown.Schlenkerla, other bamberg beers, beer from wuerzburg, etc. and some german chocolate, kinderschokolade, ritter sport and the like.
C and I got a chance to talk a lot of the way there and back in teh car, mostly politics, and had some good discussions. we also hashed out some research we would want to do together in the future (once we both have PhDs) on groups of people's reactions to disasters (like 9/11, the tsnumai, and something like the power outage last year in NYC).we always seem to have a good time in the car together. We got to philly a little after 11 pm, after an uneventful drive (not like the one in december) and he caught a 9:22 am train out of philly after not too much sleep.
I am looking forward to some quiet time, and to next weekend, when I will have no work AND no visitors. 3 weekends of visitorsin a row is a lot.
Dad, hope you are feeling okay, and aren't drinking all of your presents at once.
C, say hi to Siobhan and JP, we should talk some time this week.
love,
H
- posted by H @ 3/21/2005 03:01:00 PM