We arrived at the high school at 6 this morning to get our teen on the bus to Richmond with nearly 30 other T.C. Williams H.S. Latin students, to represent the school at the annual convention of the Virginia Junior Classical League (the Latin Club Convention). They left before the sun was up, and a few hours later, I received a text from him: "How ( Read more... )

Last week in Montreal, a lot of people were getting sick toward the end of the convention, the usual Con Crud that starts to spread when germs congregate from all over the world and then spread through a sleep-deprived Con population that has been living for a week on caffeine and stale danish. As I left for home, I thought I'd been spared. But it ( Read more... )

Wow. I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted. The string of illnesses did not end! At the moment, my son and I both have bad colds, but that's all. Annoying, but not serious. But I had fallen so far behind that I was determined not to write again until I had sent the MySpace book outline and first chapter to the editor. They've been ( Read more... )

A wrap-up of the last month:

First my son had a bad cold. Then he had pink eye. Then I had a bad cold. Then my husband had pink eye. Then my son had an icky stomach virus. Then my husband had a bad cold. Then I had the flu.

Every time I relax and tell myself our string of illnesses has ended, someone else comes down with another one. But I'm hoping ( Read more... )