Fingers crossed folks! I won’t say where, but I am very much looking forward to it. I’ll post here once something happens either way.
~Kelly
Author: Kelly and Geoff
What a day.
Well, it finally happened. I’ve been put on layoff notice.
Last night I was finally able to get in touch with my boss. He works in another time zone so it is sometimes hard to get in touch with him on the phone if we need to go over something. I left him a voicemail and he got back to me last night. We went over some outstanding issues that needed his attention and then I asked him about getting some extended time to work from home due to issues with my knee.
Silly me.
He said that if I had a note from my Dr.’s office that I could work from home and avoid commuting with a leg in a full length brace. That made me very happy. So I got up this morning at 8:00am and called the office when they opened and left a message asking the staff nurse to call me back. This woman? Is fantastic. She can move administrative mountains and I have absolute faith in her. After a bit of phone tag we had a conversation and she said she’d fax me the appropriate paperwork. She did, I scanned it in and emailed it to my boss. Interesting, I have not, as of yet, heard anything about it.
Then, the phone rang with my office number. Turns out, it was the Executive Director calling to tell me that I was being laid off. The most interesting part? Turns out that 4 positions are being eliminated, all of them currently occupied by women. The only women in the entire company. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions, but that rather stands out to me.
So, if you’re looking for someone like me, you know where to find me. Have friends who are hiring for something interesting? Send them my way, I’m interviewing.
~Kelly
In which gravity and I fight, gravity wins, and the human race comes through.
On my way home from work every day I generally walk a mile to a T stop that is 2 stops away from work. I do this to get exercise and also to decompress from work. I did this yesterday and also stopped at CVS to pick up some scrips for me and Geoff. After I left CVS I crossed the street and sped up a bit to avoid an oncoming car. As I did this I approached the pedestrian island in the middle of the street and as I went to step up the toe of my right shoe got caught in the hem of my left pant leg. (You can see where this is going, right?)
Yeah, splat.
I went down. Hard. I landed mostly on my right knee and then on my left. I had my backpack on and I landed in such a way that I rolled onto my right side and got up almost immediately. By the time I got up blood had already soaked through what was left of the right leg of my pants. As I rolled up the leg of my pants to investigate there were rivulets of blood running down to my sock from my knee.
Excellent, my own bloody sock. I guess that makes me a real Red Sox fan.
At this point I had attracted the attentions of two British tourists who were very concerned for my well being. They were very concerned as I got out my first aid kit (I always carry one in my backpack) quickly bandaged the gaping would in my knee, and tried to clean off the blood on my leg. It wasn’t until after I poured water down my leg that a man appeared, quite literally out of nowhere, offering me disinfecting wipes. Those were a Godsend.
It was then that I realized that not only were my hands covered in my own blood, the lady half of the British tourist couple was patiently holding my cell phone that had flown free and landed in the street when I went down. I rinsed my hands off and took the phone from her very gingerly. Then I thanked them and hobbled toward the T station where I realized that my bandage had soaked through. I changed it there and, in the process, a young woman on a bike asked me if she could get someone from the MBTA to help me. I declined, but was again impressed with how kind people were.
I called Geoff and woke him up out of a very sound nap. He hopped in the car and headed over to get me. Covered in blood and in torn clothes was not a great way to ride the T home. While I was waiting for him I called the 24 hour nurse line provided by my insurance company. As I’ve never had stitches before I asked when exactly one should get stitches. After going over the details of what happened (I had to explain to the very nice nurse that I fell onto a brick *sidewalk* not that someone had tried to hit me with a brick.) she said that the insurance company recommended that I go to the ER and be evaluated.
So, I went. And Geoff met me there.
And 6 hours later I left with 7 stitches, an X-ray of my knee (there’s a little fluid under the knee cap) and a full leg immobilizer.
That’s right kids. I’m not allowed to bend my knee for 14 days. I can walk (sort of) but I can’t walk normally or without the full leg immobilizer for the next 2 weeks. I have no idea how I’m going to commute, sit in my chair at the office, rehearse, etc. I can *barely* get in and out of the truck.
Is this the worst thing to happen ever? No. Am I hella sore today? Yes. Am I going to have some truly spectacular bruises? Absolutely.
So, Kelly- 0, Gravity- 1, General Public- 4
~Kelly
167 photos!
That’s right, folks. That’s how many photos I took all told while we were in Mystic. If you’d like to see some of the photos I didn’t blog here, including some really cute doggie photos, click here.
~Kelly
Mystic, CT- Day 3, Mystic Seaport The Amistad
After we finished seeing the various sites and the dog demonstrations, we took some time to look over the Amistad. It had been closed when we were there on Friday so it was nice to have the chance to go on board today. The crew were wonderful and welcomed the dogs on board with us. The following are all Amistad photos.
Geoff here – I had such a long and animated discussion with the captain and one of the Mystic Seaport volunteers that I kept getting in the way of people who were walking on the ship. My bad. But it was still a lot of fun for me. I don’t get to geek out like that very often.
And that concludes our day at the Seaport and on the Amistad. There are a lot more photos that didn’t make the cut, especially dog photos. I’ll find a place to put them all online and I’ll post that link here later. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoyed our little vacation. (We did! ~Geoff)
~Kelly
Mystic, CT- Day 3, Mystic Seaport Dog Days
Today was our last day in Mystic. We spent the day at the Seaport attending Dog Days with Thumbelina and Rerun. I took a startlingly huge number of photos today. I’ll try not to post too many here. Try…
Geoff here – these two little sweeties’ parents drove a nice Mini Cooper and are thinking about moving to Cambridge. They were really nice. It was funny when we got out of the truck with ours, and they were getting out of their car with theirs at the same time. Kooky.
Geoff again – of course, all of this period material culture is some of my favorite stuff to see. The blacksmith shop was one of the few places that I had the chance to really look at but there are so many others I will have to check out sometime when we have more time. Next year!
Geoff again – I have never seen a fire pumper this old. This was a real treat.
Geoff again – the dogs were really good this weekend, and were generally very friendly with both dogs and people everywhere they went. It makes me glad that we have the ability to travel with them like this.
That’s everything from our day at the Seaport, except our time aboard the Amistad. The next post will be all Amistad, all the time.
~Kelly
P.S. Yay history! ~Geoff
Mystic, CT- Day 2, Downtown Mystic
So Saturday was spent in Downtown wandering through the various shops and along the river. One of the major features of Mystic is the drawbridge that opens, um, all the time. There’s even a local pizza place that offers half off all slices when the bridge is up. Here is a selection of photos from Saturday.
Geoff here – as we were walking along, I noticed that this particular area near the river (which is really an estuary of sorts) seems to be a pretty popular fishing spot. I will have to remember to bring my fishing gear sometime if we are able to spend more time there in Mystic. There is so much stuff around there that we did not even get to see. Mystic strikes me as one of those kind of places that you will probably not run out of stuff to do for quite some time. There is even at least one beach nearby that allows people to bring their dogs.
Geoff again – I have never seen the movie, but I am sure that at some point I will go check it out from the Cambridge library. But the pizza is indeed pretty good, although it sure seems like that place is mostly for the tourists and the locals all eat somewhere else. Well, we will still buy the frozen ones anyway.
Aaaaaand, that was Saturday. We had a great time and we manged to get through it without sunburn, bug bites, or spending too much money. Next post, our day at the Seaport on Sunday.
~Kelly
Mystic, CT- Day 1, The Seaport Photos
After the Doggie Parade was over we walked around the Seaport for a while. These are some of the photos I snapped of various things around the port. Enjoy!
That’s it for today. There will be more tomorrow, the camera is all charged and ready to go.
~Kelly
Mystic, CT- Day 1, The Dog Photos
Well, after battling some of the worst traffic I’ve seen in all the years I’ve lived in Boston, we made it to Mystic in time to quite literally join in the end of the parade. We were the Dachshunds bringing up the rear and we were proud in our Red Sox regalia. Too bad one of the judges was a Yankee fan. Anyway, we got lots of cheers and clapping and people took our pictures as we walked. The dogs got LOTS of attention and more head pats and neck scritches than they may have ever had in their lives.
Anyway, here are some photos. I took a LOT of them but I won’t post them all here so as not to kill you all with dog pictures.
That’s all the dog photos from the parade. Next post, photos from Mystic Seaport.
~Kelly
Laughing so hard I’m crying…
I was poking around on the web during my lunch break and I came upon this quote, “A good starting point when discussing bad wine is White Zinfandel, or as it is known in certain circles of connoisseurs, ‘the Pink Scourge’.” -John Weidman.
I’m still laughing. I looked around to see where the quote came from and I came up with this website. Enjoy.
~Kelly
The Books are Taking Over... 