Following Edge

Today, we head to Portland to get Anne Marie started on her one week trip to Philadelphia early tomorrow morning. For some reason, and maybe many reasons on reflection, I'm not going this time. As wonderful as Philadelphia may be in the winter, I'm just going to leave it be.

Anne Marie is not looking forward to it. Two long plane trips, 4 final exams, and a day of examining Mr. Ernie Peacock's testicles (what a volunteer job for Mr. Peacock, eh?).

With as much extra work as there will be around here, tending to the animals, etc, etc, I'm optimistic that Lauren and I will come out of the week without any permanent damage. Lauren and I tend to get on each others nerves after being together for a few days straight, and the cosmic comedy of scheduling has interrupted grandma's availability to plan a schedule for spending time with Lauren this week. Grandma's partner, Sally, is having surgery on Monday for a serious condition. I'm glad that it's getting taken care of quickly, but, as I say, the timing is almost comical.

Help me by keeping your fingers crossed for both Anne Marie and Sally. Hopefully, the coming week will be remarkable for its lack of remarkable news.

On the happier side, I had planned to spend tomorrow morning in the computer room with Lauren replacing batteries and setting up hard drives. Since I got that done in the middle of the night Thursday, my morning will be totally free, so I'm sure we'll find something fun to do instead.