It’s that time of year again… Doctor visits. I take care of all of them while at my parents’ house in Vestal. On Monday I went to go see my general physician for a physical. This past day, Tuesday, I had a physical therapy appointment at 1:15, and then an eye exam at 3:15. Tuesday’s…
Category: Life
“Because Your Pool Should Be Fun, Not Work”
This was always the slogan of Baquacil, the chlorine-free pool care system my family has used in our pool since we got it over eleven years ago. Now their slogan is “Chlorine-Free, Care-Free.” Yeah right. I think my parents have put about five times as much time into maintaining our pool, then they ever swam…
Summer Finale
I flew back to the States on Tuesday. It was quite uneventful. My last weekend in Vienna was great, thanks to Kerstin, Tom, Oliver, Stani, etc. Wednesday morning I drove up to Syracuse to check out my new apartment. It is great. The only problem was that it was hot as hell (89°F / 32°C…
Cleaning
I’ve been cleaning all day. Well, that’s an overstatement… You know me! But I’ve done quite a bit today, including washing and then hanging up a bunch of curtains, cleaning two windows, mopping about every floor surface in the apartment, taking out a lot of trash and cans, and cleaning the toilet. I still have…
The Last Week
I’ve reached the last week of my stay in Vienna this summer. I’m really looking forward to get back to the States and, after another four weeks of waiting, starting up in Syracuse again. These past few days have been pretty good. Kerstin’s back in Vienna, and her presence improves Vienna ten-fold. I went to…
Cops “Raid” Paddy’s
Yes, apparently bar raids due exist in Austria. But, as could be expected, they’re a little more relaxed. In fact, no one even seemed to care. The cops checked a few people’s IDs, but I don’t even think they told anyone to leave, and everyone continued to drink and order throughout. Quite different from the…
A Day in Budapest
Yesterday, I spent the day in Budapest. It was quite a fun change of atmosphere from sitting around in my apartment all day. It takes a little under three hours to drive there. I hadn’t been there since 1994, and it has changed a lot. If you ignore the difference in language, Budapest isn’t all…
Off to Budapest
A Little Too Close to the Beef
I actually got my appetite back this evening. Too bad I lost it shortly after. I found a frozen brick of beef gulasch and heated it up. Unfortunately noticed shortly after the first few bites that there was a piece with a capillary sticking out of it. Thus my appetite disappeared again. My mood is…
Wake Me Up When August Ends
I wish the damn summer would end already. I’ve been experiencing summer for something like nine weeks now. The past week was great, a story best told by the 84 photos taken during it. Friday night ended on a confusing/depressing note for me though, and I ended up pondering about my life until around five…