Another Sunday night in a hotel. I'm back in Chicagoland, but I changed from the Courtyard in Wood Dale to a Spring Hill Suites in Schaumburg, near that big mall I went to last week. Even though it's about six miles from the office (as opposed to a mile and a half), it's got three things going for it: First, a fridge and a microwave. If I order ( Read more... )

sometimes I'm almost embarrassed to talk about them to others, both IRL and on LiveJournal.  After posting that pic of Kev from Saturday night, I kept thinking about some of the folks we know and the issues they have with their children.  Of the couples that we know with boys going to school with Kev, all of their sons are struggling with school.  ( Read more... )