Ridiculous Falling in Amsterdam My flight left Belgrade, Serbia at an ungodly hour in the morning. Having stayed out until far too late in the night, the alarm clock went off only an hour or two after my head hit the pillow. Somehow I manipulated Tyler into taking
Ridiculous Emergency Bosnian Stop She was so polite when she asked for it. "Can you please pass me a tissue?" It came from four-year-old Liv's mouth from the back seat--the
Ridiculous Shabesaur This trip was sort of a spur of the moment deal for me. Well, only sort of. I ran into Kimberly and Tyler a few weeks ago after having not
Travel Climbing a Croatian Hill It occurred to me, just has it has many times in many similar circumstances, that I might be murdered as we climbed the old stone steps into the darkness. My
Ironman Massaging For Good About 12 seconds after crossing the finish line of the Half Ironman, Rebecca and I frantically raced the four hours to Salt Lake City so I could pack my things
Ironman St. George 70.3 I write to you now from somewhere over the Atlantic because, in a foolish daze a few weeks ago and at 2:00 AM from my office, I decided it
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions A very long week now comes to a close. I'm a few hours away from boarding my vehicle with Ms. Rebecca to make my way south for the
Ridiculous Office Tamivilles After yesterday's post regarding the happenings inside Tamiville, one Stranger, Suzanne, sent in the above photo. She posted signs on the doors of the Tamivilles in her office
Ridiculous Kisses Today I walked into the bathroom at the office. Bathroom? Restroom? I never know what you're supposed to call it when it's not in your home.
Ridiculous Flossing I don't usually think time is generally accelerating until I get a notification that my dentist appointment is approaching. For many years I was terrified of the dentist because I always felt like dentist offices were kind of judgy. And not the
Ukraine Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today I went to a meeting where they planned to show 150 or so attorneys how to download their business cards onto their smart phones so we can all go
Ironman I Took the Road Less Traveled By It was the same course I usually ride. A canyon opens near my house. It's a quick access way to get my bike out of the city and into nature. It's a beautiful place with a challenging climb. I rushed
Ironman The Proverbial Sandra I knew Wade had signed up for the Salt Lake City half marathon several months ago and I don't like to be left out of anything so when I realized the Saturday race was approaching, I signed up on a whim last
Annie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Wade and I are running a half marathon in Salt Lake on Saturday morning so to prepare we are eating a very large bag of Swedish Fish with Rebecca tonight
Wade Texting Etiquette Rebecca does this thing that drives me insane and I can't get her to stop doing it because I think she mostly does it just to drive me
Ironman Something Felt Strange I rushed home on Friday evening to try to take advantage of the last couple of hours of daylight. The half Ironman is now less than three weeks away and training has been particularly difficult to squeeze in in recent months because job and
Wade Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. I'm sitting in my office and for the last several hours I've been able to smell onions and it has been driving me crazy
Wade Generation Gap Recently my good friend Wade came to live with me. I hadn't planned on having any roommates, mostly because I'm still in Rebecca-recovery, WHICH DOES NOT NECESSARILY CARRY NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS ABOUT REBECCA. But Wade is in transition and trying to
Ridiculous Class Election Last week I shared with you my political desires to run for class election [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/03/the-thing-that-happened-on-friday.html] of the early risers of Salt Lake City.
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I got an email this morning threatening informing me that the half Ironman is exactly one month away now. I immediately went and got into the pool and flopped around
The Perfects Plant a Tree for America I heard the shovel clank against something hard, and my whole body shook violently when it did, causing me to fall backward. The metal tip had gone less than an
Ironman The Thing That Happened on Friday You guys. This thing happened on Friday morning. I hesitate telling you this story because I think you might not believe that it's true. But I'm telling you, this story is true. It will seem unlikely that this could happen
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Bob and Cathie showed up at my house tonight for another landscaping consultation. You guys. Everyone in this world needs a Bob and Cathie. No. I'm taking this
Ridiculous Did Eli Get the Garbage Bins Out? The Stranger community really pulled through this week. I got tweets. I got emails. I got Facebook messages. Several of you left comments on the most recent post. Comments which were entirely unrelated to what I had written that day. All efforts were made
Salt Lake City Man on a Corner I walk passed him every morning. He sits on the same downtown Salt Lake City corner. I think he might be schizophrenic. I'm not a doctor. I don't know. But something is clearly causing him to behave in odd ways.
