Things I Do While Dave Travels

Dave was in Dublin for a "conference" this week, which I am learning means lots of BS-ing, awful PowerPoint presentations, and drinking. I am not sure what else happens.


In any case, I was left to my own devices this week. Dave and I have been together since 1996 (holy shit), so I have never really lived alone. All that freedom is a bit disconcerting given that I still really don't know a whole lot of people here, and some of my standby peeps were out of town. So here is what I noticed about how my life goes sans Dave. It's weird, not a cocktail all week, WTF.


I read, A LOT. As in going to bed at 8:30 so I can read for 2 hours under no less than two down comforters (it was 45 degrees last night!!!!). I am alternating between Paul Theroux's The Tao of Travel, Tina Fey's Bossypants, and Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island. I am non-committal like that. Dave prefers drinking to reading, so that is mostly what we do around here weeknights.


I eat weird things. Here is a sampling of my evening dinners this week, it is pretty disgusting looking back on it....... I just go for whatever is in the house, which is usually not much since we have a dorm sized fridge and one cabinet in which to store food.

• Monday: Soft boiled eggs, a roasted eggplant, chocolate ice cream (a lot)
• Tuesday: Popcorn, crackers and chevre, leftover beets
• Wednesday - Broccoli with a crapload of melted Gruyere on top, popcorn, the last of the crackers

I attend cultural/art stuff. Since I work from home, I have to make a concerted effort to so something productive each day or else I would never actually talk to anyone but myself. So I go to museum talks, attend guided tours of Englishy stuff, and see weird movies that Dave would NOT put up (Take this Waltz - rent it), etc.

Last night I ditched the reading in bed and I went on an Alternative London tour of street art in East London. It was a cool experience, except that it was 45 degrees outside. The tour is "free", meaning you tip the guide at the end what you think the tour was worth. I especially like the cowboy hat guy, which was done with spray-paint and I have no idea how you do something like that.

I am off to Ireland now to go to the Emerald Isle Classic and then the Galway Triathlon. Love ya bye.