wordsimageslife
an exploration of life as a parent & designer

Where Did You Go, Wireless Baltimore?

It used to be one could surf the Web and the Internet from the comfortable confines of the Inner Harbor. But ever since the construction on the Maryland Science Center, it's as if someone flipped off the switch and never turned it back on. This is quite frustrating to those who love writing outdoors, looking at the water and wanting the immediacy of sharing the moment with a world of friends.

Now, while I listen to 01 - FM from the album A Decade of Steely Dan by Steely Dan, enjoying the slight breeze, the slowly warming sun and just thinking a little about the future, I wonder what I really need to feel like it's all coming together. What is it going to take to finally feel comfortable with all parts of life, from the professional to the personal, as if all the successes are on the same level and the failures that come with risk are quickly turned from disappointment to educational experiences? I have this interview tomorrow in New York, a dream come true, with a mystery company. If I get the job, many decisions will have to be made. Where to live? K's job here is something we really have to keep, especially with the 50% tuitiion benefit for your kids in college, so commuting and a two-city living situation might be the best solution. NYC itself is only a little over two hours from here by train. And considering I once commuted 1.5 hours a day each way, what's another forty minutes? There is much to consider. And an interview to prepare for once the mystery is revealed, which will happen when the time of the meeting is confirmed.

And now, it's time to go to work as the sun goes from warm to much warmer and the humidity begins to rise ever so slowly toward the level of uncomfortability that Baltimore is so famous for.