I need to travel more.

I realized this today because I had to go to BJs to replenish the food supplies here. As I got in the car, I was excited—not to be going shopping, but just to be driving somewhere. It was only five miles each way, about 25 minutes each way, but it felt good.

Then I realized the last time I’d been in the car was coming home from the New Year’s Eve party, so it really has been a while.

And looking at my schedule, there isn’t a whole lot of travel looming in my near future. I’m going to a Mensa gathering in Newark, New Jersey, in a week and a half (I’ll be speaking on Saturday at some point), and then there’s Boskone the weekend of February 13, and I’ll be back in Massachusetts the weekend of March 20 for the niece’s show. But beyond that, a whole lot of not going anywhere. Hmm.…