Gobble this Obelisk

So, by my count three weeks since I last posted. Good, excellent work. Blog is off to a flying start, clearly. Not that this should come as any kind of surprise, what with our collective business (that does still also mean the state of being busy, yes?) and also (at least for some of us (ME)) our laziness, but still. Two posts in a month. Just exemplary work, me.

But it’s not my fault - oh no, dear reader, I blame, as we all should blame, my parents. Very shortly following post number one, momsy and dadsy came to visit (with younger brother in tow.) Now, I realize that this is a rite of passage for all (or at least) people sometime in their twenties, you move out, you become (basically) independent, perhaps for years you always go home to visit your parents, but eventually you’ve moved far away and it becomes easier for them to visit you. If you’ve yet to experience this for yourself, it’s a delightful time of transition for you as a person, not unlike puberty in its way. Some helpful pointers I picked up during the experience: (more…)