June 30, 2008

Once again, we lived up to our reputation of having a crazy fun weekend. Friday night we drove down to Colorado Springs and spent the night. Saturday morning we continued down to Turkey Toe for Jeremy's family reunion. There were A LOT of cousins, and only one was actually Jeremy's first cousin. And two of his aunts also made it. But the rest were like Rabbit's many "friends and relations." There were 4 other kids that were 7, 7, 9, and 9 and Alex and Adam got along with them well enough.

Saturday night we had a big picnic in the park and it only rained a bit and no one got struck by lightening:



We did the usual Turkey Toe activities (I shot a bow and arrow for the first time and 7 year old Ben kicked my butt):



Grammie, Adam and I joined some cousins for a hike to the waterfall. Adam did GREAT, only complaining it was boring a little bit:



The waterfall lived up to it's name this trip:



And some bonus Columbine too:



We did lots of birding there, but I won't bore you with all the pictures. I do have to share these though. This pair of Brewer's Blackbirds (here's dad):



built a nest in a 4' high pine tree by the house. And then spent the entire weekend squawking when anyone came within 20' of it.

The nest was low enough we could easily look in. The birds tried to camouflage themselves when the boys and I looked.



And then I came over with my big black camera and suddenly they were very awake and hungry:



I LOVE that picture, there's just something about it I can really relate too.

Anyway, Jeremy and I left Sunday afternoon, the boys are spending the week with Grammie so it's just me and the princess this week.

7:15 Drop off one princess.

Breakfast - half a container of yogurt.

9:30 Double cookie grocery store trip, with the bike no less. There's something about driving 350 miles in a weekend that makes you not want to be in a car any time soon.

11:30 Lunch - mac & cheese and grapes.

12:00 Down for naps. Both of us.

3:00 I finally woke up. I had one of those naps where I tried to wake up several times and the couch just pulled me back. I think it had something to do with getting up at 5:30 to go swimming.

4:00 Becky got here early and we finally woke the Ariel.

June 27, 2008

I was so crazed getting packed for our quickie weekend trip that I never did blog on Friday. So here it is Tuesday and I'm trying to remember back so it will be an abbreviated entry.

In the morning, we biked over to the Rocket Ship Park, which is about 3 miles away. Alex made a huge production of how hot and tired he would be but it's mostly down hill there so he was fine. I packed lunches for the park and all Adam and Ariel wanted to do was snack. Alex did the best playing, Ariel hardly did anything at all. We were supposed to be meeting one of Adam's classmates for a playdate, but he never showed. And that was ok. This kid was one that was specifically not invited to Adam's birthday party but he (yes, the 4 year old) called the other day and asked to play with Adam, so I arranged this. Adam was ok with the playdate, but only Alex kept asking when the boy would be there.

After the park we rode home, stopping half way for DQ. Ariel ate the chocolate off her sundae but didn't finish the ice cream.

And then Ariel napped when we got home.

June 26, 2008

Yesterday we took our annual trip to Lakeside. This was probably the perfect year for the kids to go - Adam was fine on his own and Alex wasn't too big for anything yet. We went with Ted and Sam and Mae and everyone got along amazingly well, not caring who they sat with. All the boys took turns riding with Mae, who despite a rough start had a great time too. As in past years, the Frog Hopper and the Roller Coaster were the most popular but I think they rode everything they could (except for the broken sketchy ferris wheel).

Here's my favorite pictures of the day (and more on flickr).









7:20 Drop off. Once again, I was here in the morning, though I had planning on going to a track practice. I picked up Jeremy's cold Tuesday night (after a brutal and unpleasant open water swim). My head is full of snot and I haven't slept well the past two nights. But good news, I'm feeling much better today.

7:45 Breakfast - yogurt and one bite of oatmeal.

8:00 I said, "Ariel, do you need to go potty?" And she looked at me and said no and then 1 minute later peed herself. I don't know what we're going to do with this girl, but I'm going to start by not asking anymore. She did have a great poop on the potty after that.

9:30 Super fun grocery store trip. The pushover I am, I let them have donuts instead of cookies:



Apparently you are never too old for the penny horse.



10:30 Got home, the kids had mini popsicles in the backyard while I unpacked the groceries. Apparently even a mini popsicle is too much for Ariel.

11:00 Lunch - 1 cherry and 1/4 of a corn dog.

11:30 Down for a nap.

12:00 Actually asleep.

2:00 Ariel woke up. We had planned to go swimming at Ellen's pool, but it was closed due to lightning so we nixed it. Ariel never knew of the plan so she was fine.

2:30 Told the kids they could watch a video of they could ALL agree on it. After much fighting and tears, Alex coerced Adam into watching the Keropi Robin Hood/Gullivere's Travels. Adam may need some spine building lessons.

4:10 Bored. Painted everyone's toenails - Ariel - pink, Adam - green, Alex - silver/blue.

4:30 Pick up.

June 24, 2008

7:15 Drop off and once again I was here. Jeremy doesn't get back until tonight.

Breakfast - 1/2 a fresh pancake. I made sure to eat the deficit.

8:45 Finally left the house completely prepared for a morning of swimming.



9:00 Swimming adventure at North Boulder. We had the pool to ourselves for 20 minutes. Alex was completely independent and finally did the big slide by himself (over and over and over). I gave Adam more range today too, he was in the deep end by himself, jumping off the wall and swimming back. That left me to stay close to Ariel.

9:40 Lilianna joined us.

10:00 Took Ariel down the big slide a few times and it was a hit.

11:00 Done with swimming:



11:15 Jamba Juice stop at Safeway. I also did a quick grocery run for some staples like milk. That part was less fun. The kids couldn't work how to all sit nicely in the cart so they all had to walk. Cherries were on sale so I grabbed a couple bags for a pie.

12:30 Home. Ariel fell asleep in the car but did not transfer to bed.

2:00 Finally let Ariel get up. She never slept, though she wasn't crying.

Lunch - 2 cherries and some mac & cheese.

I made a pie. It is very far from the cover of Cooking Light this month, but just as tasty:



4:35 Pick up.

June 23, 2008

I'll be straight up with you from the start, I didn't take any pictures today. But I did take some yesterday of newly two cutie-pie Jake:







7:15 Drop off. I was at home because number 1, it's my rest day and number 2, Jeremy left at 5:00am for a quick trip to California. I remember the good old days when he didn't travel. I LIKED the good old days. He needed to go for a follow up meeting to his meetings in India so we hope it's not becoming a regular thing.

Ariel did not have any breakfast, Becky said she was pre-donuted before arrival.

8:15 Poop accident. Made worse by Ariel "helping" to clean up with her hands. WTF? She hasn't had a poop accident here since the first weeks of potty training.

8:30 Did a little gardening. Our carrots never came up so I planted some more spinach. We ate our row of spinach this weekend, it really was only 2 nights worth. And we are starting to get some cherry tomatoes too. Our broccoli and zucchini plants look well, but won't be doing anything exciting for a while. And oh, yeah, our mojito-mint is taking off nicely :)

9:30 Grand adventure to the park. Alex and Adam played "sand piper" (don't ask, but it involved digging dry rivers and putting weeds in for "aquatic vegetation." And lots of chirping). Ariel also played in the dirt and on the slides. I supervised from the sidelines while knitting a sock.

11:15 Ariel had a huge tantrum because we were out of cheddar bunnies and I only brought zbars so I deemed it time to go.

11:30 Lunch - yogurt, two spoonfuls of sauce and then Mae and Sam came for a quick visit.

12:15 Mae and Sam left when Ariel had another tantrum about something I don't even remember and it looked like nap time.

While Ariel napped, we had plenty of time for mini-adventures. First, I gave Alex a buzz cut. It's probably picture-worthy (and WILL grow back) so I'll try to remember tomorrow.

Next, I mowed the lawn. Because somehow that's because my job and I'm not sure I like that. But it is hard to hear kids screaming over the sound of a gas mower.

4:00 Finally decided I'd better wake Ariel up. And she was not happy.

4:20 Pick up.

June 20, 2008

7:15 Drop off.

Breakfast - yogurt and a bit of oatmeal.

9:00 Biked Alex to camp. Then we biked over to the 29th street mall for some Starbucks. Feeling in a generous mood, I got Adam and Ariel a donut to split as well as a vanilla bean frap. Both were a big hit. They played there for a while too.



10:30 Trip to Home Depot to buy more bird seed. I'm starting to ration it more carefully but those birds are DEMANDING. I also made an impulse by of a bird bath which appears to be a piece of crap.

11:15 Stop at the Rocket Ship Park for more playing fun. It would have been a better trip of the playground wasn't overrun with a daycamp.

12:00 Got home. It's amazing how 20 lbs of bird seed doesn't really change how hard it is to pull the trailer. 80lbs, 100lbs, what the difference anyway?

12:15 Laura and Hannah arrived while I tried to set up my piece of crap bird bath and refill the feeder.

12:30 Ariel and Adam had spaghetti o's while I started Hannah's 15 month pictures:



Laura put Ariel down for a nap and while I finished up with Hannah.

And when Hannah was done, I did Adam's four year pictures:



1:15 Adam's session ended abruptly when his leg got pinched in my broken chair. Hannah was lucky to escape a similar fate. I then put on a video for Adam so I could finish proofing the senior pictures from last night.

2:45 Woke Ariel up, time to pick up Alex.

3:00 Alex pick up from camp.

4:00 Ariel pick up.

June 19, 2008

Once again, I had a pretty busy day off yesterday. Adam wanted to go to the mall and since that's pretty cheap that's what we did. And in the afternoon, we picked sour cherries from our neighbor's tree (don't worry, he's in a nursing home and I'm sure he doesn't mind) and I made a pie from scratch. And it was UNBELIEVABLY good. And no one died:



8:00 I got back from my swim workout and Ariel was here. This morning I swam with a woman's tri group and the class went really well. I was nervous about going since they were swimming for an hour and I've only been doing 1/2 a hour, but it was fine. And as a confidence booster, I was the fastest of the slow lane, meaning 4 women were faster and 4 were slower.

9:00 Rode Alex down to camp. Then we rode up to North Boulder to go swimming. Except I forgot to check the schedule and the pool didn't open until 10:45. So we went to Spruce, an outdoor pool.

10:00 The whole swimming thing would have worked out better if I had remembered my suit. But I rolled my pants up and didn't let Ariel get in very deep. The pool also had a little splash park which Ariel liked better anyway and didn't require adult intervention. Adam amused himself by jumping in and swimming back to the side.

10:45 Adam was too cold, so it was time to leave.

11:30 Got home, had mac & cheese for lunch.

12:00 Ariel went down for a nap. Except she didn't sleep right away. Jeremy was home and I put a video on for Adam and I tried to nap too, but it was hard because I kept trying to listen to Ariel's chattering in case she said something important like, "Poop."

12:45 Ariel finally fell asleep.

2:30 Ariel woke up.

3:00 Picked Alex up from camp.

Jeremy was home from the doctors when we got home. The good news is, he doesn't have malaria, which we were kinda worried was what the fever and chills was about. He just has a mystery virus and should take it easy.

4:30 Pick up.

And this evening I shot my first 2009 senior:

June 17, 2008

7:20 I got home from my swim work out and Ariel was already here. I could hear her shouting "Dee-Dee" from the garage.

Breakfast - 1/2 a yogurt and a few cheerios.

8:30 Ted was dropped off for our biking trip extraordinaire to East Boulder Rec center, where camp was to be held today. I think it's about 2 1/2 miles there from our house and fortunately for Alex, almost entirely downhill.

9:00 Dropped off Alex and Ted at camp.

9:05 After a quick false alarm trip to the bathroom, I started workout #2 today, biking. I went the long way on the bike path to the North Boulder Rec center.

9:50 Finally got to NBRC with surprisingly little fighting between Adam and Ariel. I think it was my crafty packaged snack bags with a smattering of M&Ms intermixed with bunnies and cheerios that kept them occupied.

10:00 Swimming! Much like last Thursday, Adam wanted to swim in the deep end and Ariel wanted to play in the fountains and we reached a compromise and did both.

11:15 Done with swimming.

11:30 Lunch at Moe's. I enjoyed my egg salad bagel but Ariel and Adam only picked at their egg and cheese bagel. Noted.

12:15 Got home. Ariel fell asleep in the trailer and transfered to bed.

While Ariel napped, I showered, painted my toe nail (and Adam's too) and then I took a nap.

2:30 Ariel woke up, just in time to pick up Alex.

2:45 Drove to camp to pick up Alex. I'm sure that he was relived that he didn't have to bike home uphill in the 90 deg heat.

3:15 Got to the doctor's for Adam's well check and Alex's weight check.

3:45 Doctor's appointment. Alex is now 37 lbs pounds. We got a referral to see a pediatric endocrinologist at Children's just to rule anything out. He's still not even on the chart to give a percentile of how small he is.

Adam is 31 lbs and 38" (10th percentile) and got the diagnostic that we have long suspected, he's a character. I think the best part of the appointment was when the doctor asked Adam what his full name was and he answered, "Adam McAdam McMonkey McBean." Luckily he answered correctly after we all laughed. Then he told the doctor, "See that little girl over there? She's not my sister, we just babysit her." He also said he had a pikachu birthday cake and didn't have any toys at home, among other random lies.

The boys each got a booster shot. Adam was acting brave and wanted to go first and we could tell it hurt much more than he expected but he didn't cry. Alex was less enthusiastic but nontheless stoic about his.

And Ariel seems to have gotten over her doctor phobia. She understood that Adam was seeing the doctor, but after witnessing his noneventful appointment, she wanted, "my turn." I let her sit on the table on the crinkle paper and that seemed good enough.

And afterwards, everyone picked out a toy from the treasure box. Adam and Ariel got sunglasses and Alex picked bubbles.

4:25 We fortuitously ran into Becky on the way out of the appointment and Ariel went bye-bye.

Of note today:

- Ariel didn't have any accidents.

- She also didn't poop.

- I finally filled the minivan up. My last fill up was April 22nd. I could have gone another week but I saw gas at $3.91 and I figured that wouldn't last. (And by making it another week, I mean that the gas light hadn't gone on yet but I still put in 19 1/2 gallons). My car only made 18 1/2 miles to the gallon, I'd like it to get 20 but I think I do too much city driving.

And, no pictures from me today, but I'll leave you with one from Alex's camp. That's him in the middle eating lunch, next to Ted. Friends again. They spend the morning playing at the playground and the afternoon swimming.

June 16, 2008

I'm tired. We had yet another busy crazy weekend. Without going into details, suffice it to say that pretty much every moment was scheduled. Next weekend should be more relaxing though.

7:15 Drop off one Ariel. Breakfast - 1/2 a yogurt and not much oatmeal.

8:45 Biked Alex to camp on the love train.

9:10 Got home, finished up my grocery list.

9:30 Super fun double cookie shopping trip.

10:45 Home

11:30 Lunch - mac & cheese

12:30 Down for nap. Ariel can't stop taking naps, either I need to nap too, or get stuff done. I mowed the lawn, cleaned the cat box and both bathrooms. Ariel would not be helpful in any of those tasks, though Adam is old enough to stay out of the way.

2:35 Ariel woke up, in time to pick up Alex.

3:00 Alex pick up. Alex said he had a good day, but also said that Jack and Ted told him they aren't his friends anymore. Being 6 is hard.

3:30 Snack, cheddar bunnies and black berries for Alex.

Ariel was mesmerized by Alex and Adam's new remote control cars. And she thought it was completely hysterical when they flipped over on their sides and when around in circles:



4:30 Pick up.

June 13, 2008

7:15 Drop off child #1 aka Ariel. For breakfast she had half a yogurt and 2 mini waffles

7:45 Drop off child #2 aka Hannah. I don't know what Hannah had for breakfast, she had already eaten.

8:40 Biked Alex to camp. Jeremy started calling this the Love Train and the name has stuck with the kids. So love train we did.



Hannah was not impressed with her helmet. Ariel was excited to have a new seat buddy to stick her pokey butt into:



9:00 Alex drop off.

9:15 Got back home and left for our adventure of the day, The Park.

Hannah sat in the sand the entire time feeling it with her hands. At one point she crawled about 4' and sat some more. Adam and Ariel were all over the place, usually with their bag of cheddar bunnies in tow.

Sometime last week, they installed horses at the park. How often does a park even get new stuff? Too bad it wasn't a cool digger instead.



11:10 Apparently Hannah was sick of the park because she started crying out of nowhere. I tried her on the swing and she still cried, so we went home.

11:30 Lunch. Adam and Ariel had mac & cheese. Hannah and some carrot/sweet potato mush and some snacks.

12:00 Put the girls down for a nap, Hannah in the pack-n-play and Ariel in Adam's bed. Hannah kept kvetching and Ariel kept talking to her and neither was going to sleep.

12:30 Moved Ariel to Alex's bed and changed Hannah's poopy diaper. Hannah fell asleep but Ariel was still awake. Finally moved Ariel back to Adam's bed and she went to sleep.

2:35 After all that, I had to wake both girl to get Alex from camp. Hannah took it much better than Ariel.

3:00 Pick up. And we were just in time to see Alex in a little play. He didn't have a speaking role and didn't sing with the 4 girls, but he was happy to be on stage.

3:30 Got home with an extra kid. What the heck, what's one more? Ted came home with us since we are going to his house to celebrate his dad's birthday tonight. It actually worked out well because Alex and Adam were distracted and left the girls alone.

At home, everyone had a snack. Alex and Ted made challah today. Ariel ate more cheddar bunnies and Hannah had more of her snacks.

3:45 Ariel pick up.

4:40 Hannah pick up.

June 12, 2008

7:15 Drop off. I was already back from my swim workout. Yes, I did it again.

7:30 Breakfast - yogurt and a few bites of chocolate chip waffles. Who doesn't eat all their chocolate chip waffles???

8:00 Pee accident.

8:40 Biked Alex down to camp. Alex is having a great time there. The camp leaders sent some pictures from yesterday (Alex in the red striped shirt):







And it's not just fun and games and banana pops. Today I overhead Alex telling Adam, "Did you know that the torah has 613 laws? They are called mandates."

9:30 After we got home and got packed, Adam, Ariel and I went swimming at North Boulder Rec center. And I found out (without spending another $5) that an entry fee per day covers all 3 rec centers. I'll have to plan that when I want to take the kids swimming to coordinate with my workout.

So here's a picture I stole of the pool. I didn't think it was wise to try and take pictures while watching two small children swim.



Ariel was pretty excited to finally go swimming. I think she was a bit overwhelmed, she mostly walked around holding a ball. Adam was excited too and kept wanted to practice real swimming. So every once and a while I'd hold Ariel and take Adam to the deep end to let him practice swimming to the wall. He's still got his survival float and was having a great time. The only disappointment for him was we couldn't do the big slide with two kids.

11:00 Left the rec center.

11:30 Lunch - uh, leftover waffles (inhaled this time), spaghetti o's and half a sauce.

12:00 Nap. Adam and I took a snuggy-pie nap too. I'm not having problems getting up early to work out, but I'm also not doing well staying awake all day.

2:35 Ariel woke up on her own just in time to pick up Alex.

3:15 After pick up we all went to DQ. Alex told us about his own day swimming at the Apex center.

Ariel ate all her hot fudge sundae. Alex ate all his strawberry. Adam was brave and had a caramel one and ate it all too.



Yesterday, I took Adam to get a haircut and he chose a buzz cut. I love how I can see his funny little cowlick whirl again:



3:45 Got home.

4:20 Pick up.

Today Adam told me, "I'm kinda being like a big brother to Ariel, right?" I don't know if someone told him that or he came up with it on his own, but I thought it was pretty sweet. And he does treat her like a little sister, fighting and all.

June 10, 2008

7:15 Drop off. I was still in the showering, rinsing off after my swim workout. Yes, you heard that right. ME of all people got up at 5:30 so I could do a swim workout at the rec center. All it takes is putting down $80 on an athletic event and I'm as motivated as could be. I'm now signed up for Tri for the Cure in August. I did the first swim workout on their website and I did fine. A good sign, being that I haven't swam in 7 years. Now I just need to keep it up for another 9 weeks and I'm good.

7:30 Breakfast - just bogurt

8:30 Bike Alex down for his first day of Har Hashem camp.

9:15 After drop off, we met Rachel and Lilianna in Louisville for a park playdate.

I was the somewhat competent mom who brought snacks. Ariel had two granola bars and did not like sharing grapes with Lilianna. And see Rachel, she's 20 weeks pregnant and just found out she's having a boy. Ha ha ha!



Here's the park. Adam and Ariel are playing in the sand with Lilianna's sandbox toys under the blue ladder on the left:



There was even an impromptu music class in the shade. Which I did not enjoy but Ariel liked. Dude, don't call yourself a music teacher if you don't know Wheels on the Bus.

11:45 Got home, Ariel and I went down for a nap. Jeremy took Adam to Whole Foods.

2:40 Had to wake Ariel to pick up Alex.

3:00 Pick up. Alex was a true martyr riding his bike home UP hill in the 95 deg heat. The stories he'll have for his children.

3:30 When we got home, I put the sprinklers on for the kids. Alex declined but Adam and Ariel had a blast.





(Ariel's Ariel swimsuit did not return today after yesterday's rage blackout, hence the wetsuit.)

We even had popsicles, it's real summer a week early.

4:30 Pick up.

June 9, 2008

Good news, everyone. Jeremy returned safely from India Saturday evening. He's tired and jet-lagged but otherwise fine. And Sunday we retrieved our Little Adam from Camp Grammie so the whole family is back home.

7:15 Drop off one Ariel.

7:30 Breakfast - yogurt and a bit of oatmeal.

8:30 Jeremy took today off so he stayed home with the boys. Ariel and I dashed out to run a few errands. We went to the post office, then did a two-cookie shopping trip.

9:45 Got home. Jeremy put away the groceries while I made sack lunches for our Adventure of the Day...

Wings Over the Rockies airplane museum!

I can see why Jeremy likes this place. It's in an old airplane hanger so it's big, dark, cool and VERY empty on a weekday. Ariel was VERY enthusiastic about the trip.



The kids played with a mock cockpit:





Ariel loved the styrofoam ball over the hair dryer:



Alex made a space station out of k'nex because, gosh, we don't have anything like this at home.



Ariel figured out this planet puzzle and could put all the balls on their labels. If she got stuck, I could say, "Uranus is over by Pluto" and she could go from there:



12:30 We had a picnic lunch outside the museum. Ariel ate a tiny bit of sandwich, 5 grapes and a few goldfish. And mostly looked like this at lunch:



2:00 Got home. Ariel was asleep and transfered to bed.

3:45 Ariel woke up from her nap. She saw the swim towels in the bathroom and insisted on putting on her Ariel swimsuit even though I told her there was no swimming in her future.

4:30 Becky picked up one irate Ariel who finally realized that she was, in fact, not going swimming.

June 6, 2008

New bird of the day, Mourning Dove:



6:50 Thank you again to Becky for coming early so I could run. I actually had a very nice 30 minute jog, it finally hurts the way it's suppose and not in any extra sorts of ways.

7:25 Got back home, Becky left for work.

7:45 Breakfast - just bogurt.

8:30 Left for camp. It stopped raining yesterday afternoon so we could take bikes again. I already had the tagalog attached to my bike so it seemed easier at the time to attach the trailer to the tagalong and have a mini-train. Seemed easier, as it just made for a very heavy load. I know Alex is not doing much to help me since it was easier on the way back when his 36 lbs butt wasn't back there doing nothing.

9:05 Got home and dashed back out in the car to Kangaroo Kingdom where we met Rachel and Lilianna.

Ariel had a typically good time, minus a head bonking incident with a fellow toddler. Much screaming ensued by both parties, but was soon forgotten. Here's the only picture I got off before my battery died.



Ariel is wearing a bandaid just like Alex's. Just. Like. Alex's. She has no owie there, she just must assume it's the latest fashion, if Alex the Cool is doing it.

11:00 Left the Kingdom of Kangaroos for Alex's camp.

11:28 Arrived at camp (at touch late) for the end of session Magic Show. His camp was called Science Magic and each kid performed a trick. Alex's trick was taking a heated aluminum can and putting it in cold water, where it was crushed with no hands.

12:00 This week's camp is over, time to go home.

12:20 Home and lunch. Ariel had some sauce and string cheese and more goldfish.

12:45 Went to put Ariel down and realized that there wasn't a pullup in the diaper bag. I tore my house (and cars) apart looking for a diaper or pullup, but no luck. I even went down to the house on the corner where 1 year old Levi lives to beg a diaper, but he wasn't home. So I took a gamble and put her down sans pullup.

While Ariel napped, I mowed the lawn. Just so Jeremy won't have to this weekend. Awwww.

3:30 Ariel woke up. Not dry. I went back to the diaper bag and found two shirts and no shorts. Ariel didn't care. She was still in fine form to take on Darth Vadar. She looks like the underdog, but she's actually Yoda so it was more evenly matched than it seems. She got Alex in the face pretty good:



4:00 Pick up.

And if everything goes well (aka, no missed connections) Jeremy should be home tomorrow evening. Yay!!!