Well, today is the first day of social distancing in our house. Here is how today went down: M, who was with friends last night til about 11 (grr), woke up at 12:30. She hung around the house today, walked…

Strange times here. Sidwell will officially move to distance learning starting next week through April 9 at the earliest, and we expect GDS to follow suit soon. MCPS can't be far behind. Daily routine is getting canceled left and right,…

Tonight I released episode 3 of Not A Baseball Town, the podcast that N and I are doing with Andrew Herman. Each episode he does an "UpNate" about an MLB team (so far, CWS, LAD and NYY). He's doing a…

We have our first coronavirus cancellation. GDS is closed tomorrow because the partner of an employee has tested positive. They are going to scour the school tomorrow and make an announcement about Wednesday. M is very happy right now –…

N had the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby today. His car did… ok. He came in third in a few races. Now he and Daddy know more about what to expect and what to do differently if they do it again…

Tonight was the RHES Book Fair and Literacy Night. I volunteered at the school to sell books, which N wasn't too happy about because I wasn't able to go room to room with him to play reading and spelling games.…

N has gotten very into the presidential campaign and is quite interested in the primaries. Just like in baseball, he enjoys the standings and percentages and favorites and results. So Super Tuesday has been pretty fun for him. We've also…

Coupla updates… The SFS lacrosse coach said that A has been doing a great job as manager.  I emailed him to say that she needs to  be excused every Tuesday for 30 minutes (she has piano lessons then). He responded…