Big events

- We had to meet with the boys' teacher to discuss Ari's... temperamental behavior.  She thinks it might be a delayed reaction to Connor's birth, since this week it's been all about Xander and moving on to 1st grade, and Connor and his crawling.  We've made more effort to spend private time with Ari and it's working.  Oy, middle child syndrome already!

- The boys got a bunk bed!  It came in five 70-lb boxes.  Thank goodness Jonathan knows how to use power tools.  It's all put together now, it took three days (one day for the bed, one day for the staircase, a third time for the trundle).  Their room feels new.  They're in love.

- My laptop died a sad little undignified death.  I write this from a new one.  What did I do before technology?!

- Other things of note... Jonathan has been working more hours than usual on computer consulting projects.  We're managing the Ohio house from afar, finding new renters.  And I find myself strangely invested in cooking lately.. I'm made dinner more than a few times, and tonight am branching out to actually cooking meat.  I must be feverish.