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June 24, 2005
My wife completes me
We recently purchased a shredder because I've been collecting little pieces of paper for close to five years. I haven't been simply disposing of them, you see, because they might contain bits of personal ID information and I'd rather not have my identity stolen. I spent a few hours tonight going through said pile of paper to determine which we should keep and which should be shredded and returned to the environment.
One of the receipts that caught my eye was from a business trip I took to New York City in August 2001. It turns out that I'm relatively boring when I travel, as even though I may hit one or two of the more obvious tourist attractions (in this case, it was the Metropolitan Museum of Art) I also tend to sit in my hotel room and read alot.
A few years after this trip, I went back and Judi went along. She tends to have an itinerary of interesting places to visit, and I'm always glad to follow her around as I would otherwise miss out on plenty of cool sights. During this trip, she was flabbergasted that I'd been to New York City at least twice and not only hadn't visited the World Trade Center but had no idea where it was and had never seen it (I do find myself wondering how I managed to miss a couple of 1300' buildings.)
That trip in August 2001 was clearly my last chance to see the WTC, but I am somewhat comforted that I probably won't look back on silly missed opportunities like that as long as I include Judi in all future travel plans.
Except to Merrimack, NH. That place is boring.
Posted by nickh at June 24, 2005 12:10 AM