Oh dear. We’ve reached the point in the blog journey where, absent daily moving van and new school excitement, things tend to take a bit of a downward turn. Without something super important like “OMG you guys Portland is so weird” or “Guess who found the grocery store??” to mark each day, there seems to be less reason to post.

But this is a not terrible thing, yes? We haven’t even been here three months yet and already our lives are hum-drum and same-old-same-old – that’s pretty amazing, I’d say.

However, in the interest of  catching you up on the quotidian:

What we’re doing: School (The Boy), Schoolish (The Girl – she’s had a stomach bug she can’t seem to shake lately – fortunately she has a fair amount of wiggle room in her current schedule, so she’s not falling behind), Work (me), Traveling (The Husband – some pleasure, some work).

How we’re wasting time: Screens, always the screens.  The Boy discovered The Walking Dead (bad parent for letting a 13-year-old watch it? Yea or nay?) and The Girl does a fair bit of Minecrafting. I finally tried Downton Abbey for the first time over the weekend (and the fact that I’m already on Season 2 probably indicates how good of a fit it is for me). I also finished a book in there – The Husband was away, so we pretty much hibernated.

What’s providing the drama: Metal shop! Remember how I told you that every time my phone rings around 1:30 on alternating days, I worry a bit? Well, I finally got the call! “Hi, this is Kim the school nurse. The Girl is fine. But there was an incident in metal shop….” Here’s the damage:

A bit tough to tell, but that finger on the right got a good singeing. She’s taking it in stride, though:

What we’re planning: Spring Break! It’s next week and for the first time ever, we’re going away! (Take that all those years of “but my friends are going to Disneyland for the FIFTH time and we never get to go anywhere….“) Now that we’re on the Left Coast, we suddenly have way more within driving distance than in the Midwest (where you’ve got Chicago and Mount Rushmore and that’s kinda it). We’re going to San Francisco! I’ve never been, so I’m pretty excited.

Aaaaaaand that’s about it. Until our next riveting installment!