On the other hand, it's not bad.
Meimei had a root canal today. She was a brave girl. Mom left for work. Everyone got dollar-store prizes afterward, but Meimei got more. Some unnamed siblings were suggesting that perhaps an Xbox 360 would be in order instead. In fact, they are suggesting it about every five minutes.
I wonder what this dotted line is.
It's right above where I am typing.
Hmmm.
Can't see it in preview mode.
Maybe I am too tired to blog.
I keep laughing at the dotted line that no one else can see. (Except Jiejie, who is up (awakened by thunder) and laughing too, but not as much as I am. She says it's not really that funny. Also she doesn't want her picture here, but I can describe it to you. It's the other side of the shark's mouth at the door of a surf shop. She and TJ are wearing cool shades and the North Carolina wind is ruffling their hair.)
The real problem is, vacation isn't long enough, school starts too soon, everyone's needs are getting a bit more complicated and there are lots of meeting to be scheduled, medical appointments, therapies, bureaucratic battles, a house to get ready for market as he economy shudders, and, oh yes, it's hard to be a good parent without Daddy to lean on every day. Thank heaven for Haley, the miracle au pair, who anticipates our every need. She is intuitive and perceptive as well as intelligent and kind. Best of all, she is nonjudgmental about our poor housekeeping and chaotic environs.
And now for the giant marshmallows we found on vacation, weighing in at 90 useless calories each. Maybe you can't tell from the photo Meimei took when she was in martinet mode, but they are obscenely large. You would need a redwood branch as a roasting twig. And a whole candy bar to make one s'more. We haven't gotten around to that yet, though. Perhaps we can merely consign them to the Museum of American Excess, coming soon to the Financial District.
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