Mumbling

It's been a weird sort of summer so far.  Not the constant heat of summers past but flip flopping temperatures.  It has been unseasonably cool but I like.  Very pleasant - the house tends to be cool no matter how hot it gets outside.  Love being able to wear light tees and shorts and no socks.

Doing two persons' jobs is really keeping me busy.  Great experience though.  This time next month, I'll be figuring out what my next job's gonna be and soon after whether I'll even have one.  Such are the times.

Not much news from the homeland.  Maybe we are getting forgotten.  Is this the price for uprooting?  Only source of update is an occasional peek into facebook.  Sad.

With no plans for summer, the half man is spending all his awake hours riding some dragon on the com much to the despair of the "'rents".  How can a person spends all waking hours devoid of human contact, surfacing only for meals and the occasional pee or after threats of dire consequences to his bodily well being?  Makes me feel like a big failure for not having nurtured a broader interest in the whole wide world instead of the www.

The only exception was last week, the long Independence Day weekend when the four of us journeyed forth for two days of tennis tournaments.  Never mind that the four games were all throwaways.  I loved that we were out, he was not at the com, the girl was home and supporting her little brother valiantly and we were enjoying the outdoor.  Now, how should we keep this going?