Everyday Adventures

  • Live from the City of Angels

    I’m writing this from a giant fluffy nest of pillows and futon in my room on the eleventh floor of a hotel in downtown Los Angeles.  I’m here for a couple of days,…

  • Monday Morning

    We did a lot of work/packing this weekend – both of us spent several hours working, and I packed eleventy billion boxes while the Prof spent about four hours total (I’d guess –…

  • Summer Weekend

    A summer weekend: I wake at 6, lace up the shoes and go for a run.  The summer heat and humidity is already so intense, my peppy run quickly devolves to a walk/jog.…

  • Summer “Break”

    Summer ‘vacation’ is so different as a working parent!  Ugh, 3 months to find something for the kids to do each week, 3 months of slight guilt that they aren’t getting any lazy…

  • Memorial Day Weekend

    We had a MDW that was action packed and also leisurely.  Since the kids have short attention spans, all of our “action” was relatively short, punctuated with long spans of lounging.  On Saturday,…