The most irritating thing present in nearly all lounges must be CNN.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t mind news, but watching uber-emphatic perky ditzbombs attempt to leaven news with humor and cleavage and an irritating voice grates on me more than I’d expected.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, CNN beats nearly any other channel.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
It’s been a few days of travel and my plane out of Dulles is delayed five hours, so I’ll try to quickly recapitulate.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– I spent a very pleasant weekend with Janet’s parents, talking, singing, eating, and playing games.\u00c2\u00a0 It was short and a little unreal, but much better than not meeting them at all.\u00c2\u00a0 We visited the Leu Gardens and the Morse Museum – I may post pictures later.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Jesus checked my passport and called me “bro.”\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– The Orlando airport has free internet in the lounge.\u00c2\u00a0 See, Dulles, it can be done!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– I spent two days here in the D.C. area, mostly with Lenny, Stephanie, and their daughter Eliana, who for the first part of the evening couldn’t stop staring at me.\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently, she’s never done it that persistently with anyone else.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t build my self-esteem on how other people’s 10-month-olds react to me, but I did feel a bit better when she started acting a little more relaxed and even played with me a bit.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– I also got to visit Tanya’s third-grade class to gross out yet another cohort of impressionable kids with how the holes get into Swiss cheese (Emmentaler, for the initiates).\u00c2\u00a0 We hung out at Starbucks to chat after class, where upon request the baristoso gave me a plate for my peanut butter crispy rice with chocolate drizzle along with a spurious explanation of how the plate made it even healthier.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– In the evening, Lenny, Stephanie, and I had a discussion about how to respond when you feel that others are taking advantage of your generosity.\u00c2\u00a0 Where are the limits between caring for and being there for others, and how and when can you tell someone to assume their own responsibility?\u00c2\u00a0 How does going the extra mile and not withholding our cloak play into that?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– With my plane delayed and me being early, I checked in faster than ever before.\u00c2\u00a0 I was too early for the customs office that would stamp my Carnet A.T.A., but a female officer apparently just arriving on duty offered to take care of it anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn’t make for something I can crack a joke about, but if I complain about officials, I also need to commend.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– The security line was so short there was nobody there except the security agents in mood for banter.\u00c2\u00a0 After passing through and getting everything packed up again, I walked to the B gates past a sign urging me to start my government career with a job as a travel security agent.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, why not, that’s how most of our presidents started out, didn’t they?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– I walked up the 90 steps at the B terminal again.\u00c2\u00a0 I need to practice more.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
– I pay for this internet, but it is spotty\u00c2\u00a0– I don’t think a skype call would work well.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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