Where Have We Been?

That’s an excellent question. This fall, Keryn and I ventured to many places selected by her employer for recruiting potential undergraduate students. Among our destinations (a partial listing):

• Newark, Delaware
• Baltimore, MD
• Syracuse, NY
• North Adams, MA
• Wallingford, CT
• Greenfield, MA
• Rochester, NY
• Timonium, MD
• Dover, Delaware
• Pittsfield, MA

Reads like a title scan of the travel section in your local independent bookseller, no? I especially recommend the Lonely Planet Guide to Northern Delaware. It doesn't help trying to get to the elusive Chili's on Stanton Road in Newark, though... Damn marginal roads...

This period proved quite a thorough test of our relationship. In fact, if you are seeking to analyze how you and your honey stand up against stress, confined quarters, and all that, I strongly suggest you spend four weeks in a series of generic cramped hotel rooms, that one of you spend the day on the road, working, while the other sits in the hotel room developing cabin fever and trying to write his Great American Novel, that you dine nightly at one of three chain restaurants, and that you spend lots of hours together in the car struggling to find obscure side roads, navigate bustling rotaries, and follow bewildering signage. If you make it through all that, as we did this fall, and you still enjoy each other’s company, then you should look forward to a happy future.

Normal Girl provides her take on the subject later today...

Although we made it through the trip intact, we fell behind in our blogging. I spent a few posts recounting our visits to Niagara Falls, the Boxing Hall of Fame, and Rochester. But many sights remain items on my task list. I’m hoping to make up for lost time in coming weeks, recounting such adventures as:

• National Aquarium (Baltimore)
• Our “Favorite” Airport (BWI)
• Delaware, Land of Enchantment
• A LONG Drive Home (Baltimore to Boston)
• Bob Evans Across America

Stay tuned for these and other adventures in coming weeks!

Also, you should pay close attention for some other enhancements to the site:
- Migration from Blogspot to http:///www.normalguynormalgirl.com
- Weekly PodCast posted to iTunes
- Complete sitemap with multiple cross-references (location, subject)

Glad to be back after a month’s hiatus!

- Jason Shaffner (a.k.a. “Normal Guy”