Hello family, well Michael is back in school and my school stars soon. This is the first weekend in three months for us to not be at some activity. I was going to use the day to do yardwork but it is raining. So now I'm trying to catch on housework and photo editing.

How is everyone doing? I am in the process of helping mom set up a blog so this is mostly a sample post.

Summer recap

OK end of summer is coming up. Here is some general advice for what to do with little kids. Swimming lessons...good, Gymnastics camp..not so much. Lower Ape Caves...good, Upper Ape Caves...bad!!!! Driving home from Upper Ape Cave at 10:00 PM during the last of the Persides meteor shower...very, very good! (Those two cancel out.) Silver Falls ..good, Silver Falls with a dog...not so good. State Fair during 75 degree weather..good, County fair during 95 degree weather..yuck. Beach.. barring thieves..always good. Airshow and rafting..always good. Overall I think this summer rates as a success.

Now we are heading back to school. My schedule would only accommodate two classes this term and I still have to finalize plans for Michael for 30 minutes after his school gets out on Tuesday and Thursday, there is no way I can get back from Portland in 20 minutes. The only hope would be if the transportation department has a teleportation device they aren't publicizing. That seems to be their only idea for improving roads in Portland. The departmental (and state) default position is "We can't build more roads, then more people would drive on them!" Oh well maybe I will go into water resources. We will see after this term.