OK, so I skipped a month (or nearly two)

Hi. Me again.

Want an update?

West Coast was a blast. I highly recommend Oregon (yes, Oregon) as a vacation spot.

Returned from the West Coast and was back to work 13 hours after stepping off the plane. Helped to train new teachers, became a mentor, and started setting up the classroom.

Which wasn't ready to my standards, but the kids came anyway. And I started teaching anyway. (They've all been learning anyway, too-- so it's all good.)

We had friends over. Which involved a melting, exfoliating grill (don't ask), appletinis, and bocce-ball stealing toddlers.

More teaching.

We replaced the doorknob of the interior door of Mark's bedroom. The punk had learned how to flip the lever-style doorknob and was able to release himself from his room at his own will to come and scream down the stairway at us. The round doorknob is a gift from heaven.

We rented a Tahoe and got 20 miles to the gallon even with the stuff we hauled(when some of the small SUVs we've been eyeing only get 15 MPG or so)-- who knew? What do exurbians with large cargo capacity purchase? A new grill and a lot of bags of mulch, of course.

Went to Artsfest to get my yearly Good Elephant fix. Happy, happy, happy. This pottery really does speak to me.

Baby screaming. Have a good one.