Happy Holidays

May whomever bring you whatever you deserve! 

Happy holidays from all of us...

We'll be back in the New Year...

We're here...

We've had a big few weeks.

We've changed continents; negotiated baby* jet lag; knocked out an entire list of Christmas presents armed with 90 minutes, the magic of the internets and a highly abused credit card; and sampled the fine cuisines of more than eleven different countries, all of which can be found within three miles of our swanky** Atlanta digs.

And the overall change has been extreme in the weirdest ways.  Once the jet-lag shook out, settling back into the US has been easier than expected.  Really, it's just like we're back from a two year vacation.  It was great in so many different ways, but we're back home now.  There are lots of transitions to come, but right now, it's all good.

The biggest culture shock thus far has been in driving.***  For instance, in Norway, the speed limits are much much lower--90kph (55mph) on the highway--and they are firm, with giant fines, almost impossible to contest.  Here, I had forgotten that the speed limits are much more "suggestions" rather than actual laws.****

And in the city, it's worse.

I follow the speed limit laws there, too.

And there's more to come, but we've been overwhelmed with it all, but slowly but surely, we're getting settled in...


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*As in "experienced by an actual baby," not as in "a small amount of."  There is a big difference between the two.  Trust. 


**And I use the word "swanky" in the most ironic way possible, which really is pretty close to the  opposite of swanky.  To be accurate, I mean the two bedroom suite at the resident inn where the three of us are headquartered.  


***Other than the smiley people. 


****They are laws, but no one follows them.

Babies and Goats

I just showed this clip* to Elliot.

Now he wants a pet goat for Christmas, which really I am sort of okay with...


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*It's "Babies: A Documentary" and no, he doesn't watch tv all the time.