Shortly after my last post, I billed almost 50 hours in 3.5 days and then flew to North Carolina for a quick trip to see the sis, see the niece, and play a reunion show with the old band. It was a 48 hour trip – I left NOLA at 5am Thursday and hopped a…
Weekend Update
The heat has broken, and every single resident of the city of New Orleans is out on the town, enjoying a breezy, bluebird day. The kids go to a private episcopal school and today was their day to go to the attached episcopal church and perform for the congregants. After they had played handbells, recited…
Saturday Morning Doors-Flung-Open-Wide Meal Planning
Thank the weather gods, it’s cool today. It’s seventy something degrees and the dog, the Prof, and I are loving it, though our ridiculous swamp-acclimated sons are dying of hypothermia. New Orleans hit a record high of 40+ nights where the temps did not dip below 80 degrees this summer (previous record was 13 nights –…
A Needed Morning Off
I worked both days this weekend, and Sunday and Monday nights til approaching midnight – all to meet a Monday filing deadline (met). So this morning when I got a call from Craig’s daycare saying it was 10:30 a.m. and he’d been uncharacteristically asleep for two hours, I was almost relieved to have to leave…
Labor Day Weekend Recap
Two of my sisters, one with her baby in tow, came to visit over Labor Day weekend and help me celebrate my birthday. Both showed up on Thursday evening, one (plus her mini) by plane and one by car. I drove straight to the airport from work to get one girl plus her baby girl,…