Archive for September, 2007
One Week Down
As we are about to embark on our second week of school, I though I should briefly comment on the first!
For the first time in my adult life, I feel like I actually “got” summer. Summer comes instinctively to kids. They know how to relax, kick back, revel, and be bored. We adults do not. [...]Guests
The last week has been a big run-up to the start of the school year (which was yesterday for my house). A few unexpected guests have slowed down my efforts to produce a well-oiled routine for our school year.
I was doing really well, getting organized, cleaning the school room, stocking up on groceries. Then, I [...]Neanderthals
I live with four neanderthals. One is adult, three are still shorter than I am. All smell and grunt a lot. They all think I am crazy, treating me at times with the gentle care shown to a bomb reading “00:01″ until explosion-time.
We entered the church foyer one day, arriving early so I could rehearse [...]