• The construction workers building the new Italian restaurant next door are insane. They yell and scream and sound like pirates.
• Facebook is eating my life. Mousehunt has taken hold of my soul. It’s not pretty.
• My job still makes my brain hurt. Which is good. But it still hurts.

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In honor of a day spent with Carol, the Texan expat returned for one short weekend in the middle of a vast sea of Carollessness, here are ten of my favorite Carol-induced travel memories, in no particular order:

1. Freezing to death in Central Park, despite the furry deerstalker hats.

2. Becoming addicted to Webkinz in Huntsville, and then spending large chunks of the day glued to separate computers.

3. Entering our hotel room at the Paramount in NYC and learning that our room’s magnificently large art canvas headboard was blank.

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Today the date was set for the court appearance to formally dissolve my marriage. It will be at 9am on December 7th. I’m glad that it will finally be all resolved, finished, all that, but it also forces me to think about things.

Everyone knows that life changes in all kinds of ways when you get a divorce, but I’m still surprised by some of the things that come up.

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