June 12, 2008: Moving Out (the Musical)

My desktop was finally repaired part-way through the day today so today is my last day at home this week and I will be on Wall Street tomorrow.  Oreo was getting used to this lazy lifestyle.  He isn’t going to be happy about having to get out of bed tomorrow morning. We got Bridge to …

June 11, 2008: Finally a Break from the Heat

Last night there was an amazing thunderstorm here in Newark.  All of the heat had so much pent up kinetic energy to discharge and it really put on a show.  It was pretty late at night when suddenly we went from calm and stagnant heat to crazy wind, torrential downpour and continuous lighting. When the …

June 9, 2008: We’re Having a Heat Wave

Hot. Hot, hot, hot. There is little else to say about today. Dominica checked the weather mid-day and Newark was registering 102°F (which is 39° Celsius!) And it was sunny too, so just stepping outside meant that you were melting. Dominica took the day off from work because she knew that she would be so …