Today we took MiniPlu back to college. The only bright spot was that there was pretty much zero traffic all the way down or back (about 210 miles/338km each way), including across the GW Bridge in New York, so that was a downright miracle! Unless the fall, when we knew we'd see her in a month for parent's weekend, and then Thanksgiving, and then ( Read more... )

Ok, I realize at this point I owe an update so massive, it's ridiculous.

School: Got out on 22 June, super late. Two took his senior pictures that same day. We got his proofs in early July and sucked it up to order a couple, despite the ridiculous price tag for senior pics, so we could complete the set of school photos we have in one of those ( Read more... )

For those of you who are on LJ, I apologize for the long silence, but I was locked out of my account and support was taking their time finding a workable solution. I finally was able to get back in and change my password a week ago, so here I am again. Feel free to wander over to my DW account (same username) if you want to see the handful of ( Read more... )

Rob is home now! ( Update here, with minor surgical references )

So I was supposed to have this Paint Nite this afternoon, something I decided to sign up for at the last minute. It just happens to be the teacher I've now had FOUR times previously, so I know she's good. But when the appointed hour (noon) came, nothing happened. After 15 minutes I gave up and decided to do a different painting on my own (more ( Read more... )

First up, the "bucket list" meme:

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MHC just called it: no students on campus this fall.

(Smith College called it on Wed, and UMass Amherst called it on Thurs night; both colleges are part of the 5-college consortium with MHC. And this is after students were being reassured during a ResLife zoom meeting last night that they were proceeding as planned.)

Dammit.

So, I am disgracefully late in sharing the absolutely AWESOME Harry Potter-themed birthday card hamsterwoman and family sent me. It deserves a photo, it's just so cool:


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Things I should be doing:

Run 4 miles/6.4km. (I don't wanna.)
Mow the lawn. (Currently heat index of 106F/41.1C outside, and SUPER humid.)
Weed vegetable garden. (See above.)
Answer emails. (Need brain cells.)
Catch up on LJ/DW. (Overwhelming.)
Make masks. (Waiting on parts from Amazon which might make them fit better.)

Things I want:
Ice cream sundaes.
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Ugh, it's been disgustingly hazy hot and humid lately, with no end in sight. I mean, I've had worse, but that doesn't make it fun. Thank God for central air conditioning.

Spent another four hours weeding and picking things out of my veggie garden on Sunday morning; I had to get up at 6a in order to get it done before it got too meltingly hot. ( Read more... )