There's nary a peep in my household this morning as the kids are up the hill and back in school (hallelujah!) and I am relishing in quiet and calm and tackling a bunch of work projects. I just got snowed under with freelance work, most of which I am pretty psyched about.
In the last weeks of summer we hung out with my mom, who visited from Denver, cheered on the Dems in Denver, lost Sparkle the cat to FIV (long story), did lots of swimming, and spent many hours in the front yard monitoring the mantids, which are mating like crazy right now -- R. keeps me updated ("Mom! Skinny Guy has his abdomen stuck in Skirt Guy! "... the mantids have all acquired odd names) and proudly shows all the neighbors as they stroll by, much to their puzzlement.
And really, I don't have much else to report except that -- wow, I like quiet.
