I sleep in late this morning after staying up late watching TV last night. I have a leisurely breakfast, do some more laundry, and watch the U.S. news from the previous evening. The explosion in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning is the top story. Will anyone claim responsibility? And for what aim? My drive-thru COVID-19 test is scheduled for 2:00pm, and the pickup time for the car share is...
Quiet Christmas, test drive
It’s a quiet Christmas Day here in Dublin. With nothing else going on today, I’m planning on doing a test drive this afternoon using the GoCar car sharing service I had signed up for recently. I take my time getting up in the morning, making breakfast, and taking a shower, so I push the pickup time back a couple of times. The car I’ve reserved is just on the other side of the Liffey, so about a 5...
Christmas Eve — hanging out with a friend and beef stroganoff
It’s Christmas Eve! The parcel I was expecting yesterday arrives this morning at 10:00am. The forwarding service actually threw in some unexpected, complimentary gift wrapping. Since they were all items I had purchased for myself, this made it feel like Santa had brought them. The shipment also included 3 teddy bear style Christmas stockings that I bought on a whim; they were customisable...