They say a picture's worth that. I agree. Sometimes more than 1,000. But, posting pictures requires actually finding a moment (while actually at home and not otherwise occupied by some life-or-death family matter) to locate the camera, sit down at the computer, find the right plug, download the pictures, rename the appropriately, save them to the right folder, open up the blogger, sign in, create a new post, properly instruct said blogger that you would like to upload a picture, find the right picture, decide it needs to be rotated, cropped, or otherwise edited, get back out of blogger, complete said edits, re-save the picture, go back into blogger, sign in, edit the previously saved draft post, properly instruct said blogger that you would like to upload a picture, find the right picture, decide whether it should have a frame, decide whether it should appear to the right, in the center, or to the left, add a caption, and post it. Don't even get me started on videos.
So, today you get words. But not 1,000 of them, since I'm not at home and am otherwise occupied by some life-or-death work matter.
Our last few weeks have been dreadful. Well, for me anyway. I've had lingering and occasionally raging bronchitis and a sinus infection, have been to the doctor twice, have tried four different prescriptions, and, after 17 days, am finally beginning to notice a slight decreasing in the coughing. My coworkers and family are no longer afraid of me. There will be NO pictures of sick-me added to this post later. :)
The kids have had a good couple of weeks. Both are well immersed in school. Sarah is enjoying her classes and her role as Vice President of the Fine Arts & Lectures leadership board. They are currently working on a campus-wide survey of what kinds of performances the kids would like to see on campus, and selling tickets to their first concert of the year – The Plain White T’s. (You know, Hey there, Delilah). If you haven’t heard them, youtube it. Brian is getting to know his teachers & fellow students, and has friends in most of his classes. I thought I was doing him a favor when I checked out one of his teachers’ blogs and noted that Brian's family had reviewed it in exchange for extra credit, but inadvertently embarrassed him when she announced in class that he was the only one who had. Poor guy. Time to step back, mom.
We leave for Lake Powell tomorrow. :O Woohoo! I know what your first question will be and, no, we’re not taking the recently purchased camper because it is ill-equipped for hot weather (sans A/C), and temperatures are expected to be in the low 100s. So, we’re staying in the hotel, with a pool and five restaurants (much more my speed), and have a boat slip at the marina to keep the boat in while we’re there. We will stay through Monday and are all very excited.
Those pictures will definitely be worth the effort to post, so I’ll take some time to edit this and other past messages at the same time to add those thousands (and thousands) of 'words.'