M Is A Semifinalist!
I haven't posted in a while, mostly because nothing terribly exciting is happening. It has been a very long week of… the usual. The main excitement is that N is going back to school on Monday, in person. Tonight we…
I haven't posted in a while, mostly because nothing terribly exciting is happening. It has been a very long week of… the usual. The main excitement is that N is going back to school on Monday, in person. Tonight we…
N and I did two adventures this weekend. Yesterday we drove to the Mormon Temple, the one that you see when you're heading west on the Beltway and that signifies that you're almost home. We couldn't get very close to…
Tonight, N said to me, "Am I annoying sometimes?" I said, "No more annoying than most 8 year-old boys are, sometimes, and most of the time much less annoying." He said, "I can live with that."
Today was Maggie's first vet appointment! It was a challenge getting her into the car, and an even bigger challenge getting her out of the car at the vet's, but she did well once there. We tried a new vet…
Nothing terribly exciting to report this week. M is taking the SAT in the AM. We had a close call with medical forms last night but Fink came to the rescue and we got finished forms within 2 hours. A's…
VERY VERY EXCITING NEWS! A got into Cherubs!!! She is going to be a Film & Video cherub! We are so proud. Sadly it's going to be virtual instead of in-person – which kills me – but it's better than…
The last two days with Maggie have been very up and down. She has spent a lot of the last few days in her crate or under A's bed, very scared of all of us and not interacting at all.…
Baby steps with Maggie today. She slept all night in the crate in A's room and wouldn't come out, then she stayed in all day and wouldn't come out. We FINALLY got her out of the crate around 6, and…
So the cute little pup is here. She's SO cute. But she's also SO scared. She spent the first two hours under the kitchen table, even while we were eating dinner, and is now sleeping in a crate in A's…
Pretty uneventful weekend. M was busy all three days with Harvard Model Congress, which she didn't particularly enjoy. No fun trip to Boston, no staying in a hotel. Just a lot of Zoom. She seemed underwhelmed by it but at…