Rockville.

My wife is off to Rockville Maryland for her annual federal grant reviews. I hope she has time to see some of Washington D.C. I have not been there since 2003 when we visited my friend Derry. I am managing the house and two kids by myself for the rest of the week, thankfully my mother-in-law is helping me out. I am pretty lucky to have so much support.

Speaking of luck, I talked my way out of a speeding ticket today, just after dropping Anne off at the airport.

I do not usually post song lyrics but since there is a R.E.M. song about returning to Rockville Maryland, I could not resist.

Rockville, (Don't Go Back To)

Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus
Going to a place that’s far, so far away and if that’s not enough
Going where nobody says hello, they don’t talk to anybody they don’t know
You’ll wind up in some factory that’s full time filth and nowhere left to go
Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself
I know it might sound strange, but I believe
You’ll be coming back before too long

Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
And waste another year

At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend
I don’t care if you’re not here with me
‘Cause it’s so much easier to handle
All my problems if I’m too far out to sea
But something better happen soon

Or it’s gonna be too late to bring you back
Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
And waste another year

It’s not as though I really need you
If you were here I’d only bleed you
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and
That’s not how it ought to be
I know it might sound strange, but I believe
You’ll be coming back before too long

Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
And waste another year

Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
Don’t go back to Rockville
And waste another year