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Studying, another bank bites the dust, more hotel quarantine updates, and… a bunny!

Today is all about study, study, study… I’m trying to ramp up for the 1st exam for my CMA qualification scheduled for May 13. As a consequence, this will be a brief post. My weekly SuperValu grocery delivery is scheduled for my usual window of 10:30-12:30, and shortly after 11:00 I get a call from the delivery person saying they are downstairs. I don’t recognize him from...

Food truck dumplings, cherry blossoms at Herbert Park, hotel quarantine updates

The last time my walking buddy CJ and I met up was on Easter, mostly due to the moody weather since then. We finally meet up today to take advantage of the warmer and drier conditions. On Thursdays, food trucks line up along a section of the Grand Canal — as I serendipitously learned on my first day out of self-quarantine back in October when walking to the U.S. Embassy to drop off my...

Coffee/lunch meetup, walk through Iveagh Gardens and St. Stephens Green, package deliveries!

It’s slightly warmer today, with highs in lows 50s F / low 10s C — the kind of weather that’s makes it tough to pick the right coat or sweater; in the sun you feel a bit too warm, but in the shade you pull the zipper up higher. Mid-day, I meet up with O., an Australian friend I’ve made online, at St. Patrick’s Park for coffee and lunch. He has lived in San Francisco (briefly), as well...