It has been quite a week here so far, and it is only Wednesday. We had a power outage last night, so we had no electricity from 8 PM until 5 AM. This was due to a massive thunderstorm that…

Today, the girls did some fun stuff, and some boring stuff. The fun stuff: hip hop class and swimming at Grampy's house (Bethesda pool was closed for no power!). Boring stuff: tile shopping. In the middle: lunch at Booymonger's. Daddy…

The A/C is still out. Ugh. It is so hot upstairs that when I went to try to fix it, I was drenched in sweat within minutes. I am on the couch and the girls are back in the basement…

So it's really hot today. 101 degrees hot. Perfect day for the upstairs air conditioning to stop working. It is 10:22 PM and the temperature upstairs is 90 degrees – not so great for sleeping. The girls are on the…

Today I stayed at camp after I dropped off the girls, and went to the daily "sing". It was very cute. The whole camp sang a few songs – Purple People Eater, Mr. Golden Sun, and some others. It's a…

Days since I was last at work: 4 Fireworks displays seen: 2 Approximate number of minutes by which the Chevy Chase Club fireworks exceeded the Mall fireworks: 10 Times the girls went swimming: 3 Birthday parties attended: 1 Playdates arranged:…

Today was Hip Hop Haircuts. First was Hip Hop class – a typical Joy of Motion class that started late but ended on time. I think the girls liked it, though they were the only two to wear leotards. I…

We have a fun 4th of July weekend planned. Last night we went to the Nationals game – they won, in the bottom of the ninth. Today I was home and I got to pick up the girls from camp,…