Category: Categorizing Things is Overrated

Welp, we survived the awkward and awful first couple of weeks of school. The boys all started at different times, mid-week and sometimes staggered half-days, and I had a terribly timed business trip to NYC that coincided with much of the “new school year” meetings/orientations/meet the teacher events, meaning the Prof had to handle much…

It has rained here more or less constantly the last few weeks. We have some hours of clear skies, but not many. And since rain = flooded streets, the result of the late July monsoon season is that we mostly stick close to home on the weekends. I can’t say I mind. It’s actually sunny…

Dear reader, your illustrious writer has just returned from two weeks away from home. And I have returned to a house with non-functioning AC and a hurricane bearing down, so. It’s a testament to how tired I was of travel that I am thrilled to be here. Sweaty but thrilled. Right now I’m watching Father…

We woke around 7am, much better rested than the previous night.  The big boys got dressed quickly and ran off with their friends.  Craig, who hadn’t eaten much the day before, was pretty weak and wan and curled up in the front seat of the car and snoozed.  He had some milk, and I made…

Next morning was time to pack up and head to Big Bend.  The Prof trekked up to the front desk to fetch us some coffee, and then we took our last shower for the next few days.  After getting the boys dressed and packed up, we headed to Porter’s, the local grocery store, and I…