Updates and Weather

Karl is doing better today. He is still in some pain and looks pretty black under the eyes but he's coming along. He fed the cat today all by himself while I waited on the bench outside. I was banished. He is talking about going to work tomorrow but I don't know... tonight he doesn't seem ready. He may go for peace and quiet though!

Inga is doing a lot better. I think the Walmart stuff is helping her stomach. It's basically yogurt in a tablet. She is settling into school work and tonight she hates Spanish less.

Erik continues to be amused in history class. Today his teacher told him South Carolina was riding the "short bus". Apparently his teacher is a lapsed southerner who doesn't have great things to say about congressmen from the Secessionist party of South Carolina.

I had a meeting at the High School today where we asked why the kids planners had a map of Russia but no map of the High School. After the monthly parent meeting we always spend the rest of the morning at Panera's. We spent the morning exchanging crazy kid stories from the summer. Like time Erik jumped off the two story dock in boots and jeans. One woman has a son with girlfriend who won his approval by dressing up his childhood stuffed rabbit as a heavy metal bunny and posting it on My Space. Okay. I guess there are new ways to a boy's heart!

The mornings have been foggy and it really feels like Fall. The dogs and I got out for a walk this afternoon and I could see some trees starting to turn. The trees are going red, golden rod is driving us crazy, and monarch butterflies are doing their thing every where. Soon we will be buried under ten feet of snow.