Guus Bosman

We watched two games today, and went for a run/walk in between. It was nice to see Ghana defeat Serbia with 1-0, with my old friend Mr. Kingston saving the day a few times.

After a great run/walk along the canal we saw Germany-Australia over lunch. In the middle of the second half it started raining and the apartment complex lost its satellite connection. That was quite annoying since we missed goals three and four. A very strong German team.

We'll be leaving to the Trenton train station in a while when Sasha is going back to DC.

The downside of traveling so much is that you always have to think ahead about logistics. It usually works out well but today we ran into a hug snag: no breakfast in house.

On the way to the grocery store I saw a big bird on the road, picking on some roadkill. I stopped to take a picture of the bird, and saw that there were five of them.

Note to self: going out in flips-flops in New Jersey early in the morning is not as nice as it is in North Carolina. It's too cold!

Sunday was a travel day. In the morning we went for another long walk along the Delaware & Raritan canal. We packed our bags, made some sandwiches and drove from Somerset, NJ to Alexandria, VA. We went to Sasha's place and moved her belongings to her new house for the summer.

Through a friend Sasha had found a new place to stay, much closer to her work. And it's definitely a great location: it's in the middle of Georgetown, a few minutes walking away from M-street.

Monday morning early I drove to Durham. I usually have several conference calls on Monday mornings and taking them from the car worked well. I drove to my office in Raleigh. In the evening I had dinner with Belen, Esteban and Hernan in Durham; that was a great way of coming home to North Carolina.

Things are pretty hectic around here. I'll be in New Jersey for a project for a few more weeks, and Sasha started her internship in Washington DC three weeks ago. This weekend she's moving to another apartment (much closer to work) so right now we have 4 homes that we could sleep in, in 3 different cities and 3 different states.

Obviously, this involves a lot of travel. Yesterday evening we met in Philadelphia where we had dinner in the train station and then went back home to Somerset. Today we spent a few hours arranging tickets and itineraries for the next few weeks, since we both have to travel for work as well. Tomorrow we're leaving for Washington DC, and I'll then continue to Durham, NC. It's fun to travel, and to see so many different places.

In the afternoon we had time to relax and we went for a long walk/run along the Delaware & Raritan canal, which was great. The weather is beautiful here; very sunny. Then we spend the rest of the late afternoon at the pool, and had a lazy barbecue poolside for dinner.

Sasha took the train from Washington DC to Trenton yesterday, where I picked her up. This weekend is Memorial Day weekend and we're in Somerset, NJ.

It had been 17 days or so since we had dinner at home together, so it was fun to cook and make an elaborate meal together.