So I got to work today (a little late, but only a few minutes because of Metro delays) -- just to find out that the government is closed today because of the high winds. I think I'll hang out for a while, relax over breakfast, submit my time sheet, and go home very early.

Off to check the bus schedule.

Yes, the DC weather seems quite concerning today.

I don't have the bandwidth for kerfuffles anymore.

I never really did, but less so as time goes on.

So it looks like DH may seek the head coach position at the high school where he has been assisting. This past year has been a real mess with 3 completely different coaches giving the kids 3 completely different messages. Parents, kids, faculty, coaches, all on different pages. Season is over and the current head coach is probably moving to Parkland. He lives in that district and they have offered him the position, also he is about to be fired here and should get a jump on it. DH would take the job, but only with his own assistants so they could have a real cohesive program. If he seeks it he would likely get it. He has endorsements from key parents, as well as several other HS head coaches and principals. He can't seek the position until current dude resigns or gets fired, but he is accumulating his letters of recommendation. The only thing that he doesn't have current is his CPR stuff and there a day long certification course Saturday so he is doing that.

So, it is a big commitment, but he gets great satisfaction getting kids in college and mentoring in general. And it will be much less frustrating having control over stuff that made me crazy over this past season.

Good luck for your DH, Laura.

I left Boston at exactly the right time. My flight was delayed because part of the plane fell off and they had to replace it, but it could have been worse.

I didn't have much time to wander around, but I really liked what I saw of Boston. Seems like a great place. I managed to have just enough time to walk over to the tourist trap mall and buy some a shirt, hoodie, and sweatshirt for my son, daughter, and wife. For the office I brought in some Dunkin Donuts since that appears to really be a thing in Boston.

I hope your husband can get the job, Laura. Sounds cool.

That sounds like a good thing, Laura. Hope it works out!

Man, what a trip, Gud! Glad you made it through all that ok.

Good luck for your husband, Laura!

(I am going to regret this so much.)

The question at the crux of The Great Gerund War was whether or not the -age suffix gerunded or nouned a verb, as in, for example, the phrase "Willow kissage."

Battle lines were drawn. Descriptivists drew swords. Prescriptivists loosed arrows. Latin was invoked. And so began the dark times...

Pretty smooth trip overall. The fire alarm at the hotel was a little different, but I never felt like there was any sort of real danger. The airplane delay wasn't too bad. The only stressful part was trying to do emergency bug fixing that one night. Got it done though, just had to keep moving to new locations. The one problem with Yotel was that there wasn't really anyplace to work in that tiny room.

The question at the crux of The Great Gerund War was whether or not the -age suffix gerunded or nouned a verb, as in, for example, the phrase "Willow kissage."

I totally don't remember that. Which may be for the best.