I know, I wait too long...

Nothing broke this time when FunkyB visited so he’s in the clear now. In fact he gave me a new monitor…that added 2 inches makes the difference. He also fixed Sky’s computer. Well, he fixed Max’s (Mary Jo’s deceased father) PC and Sky is using that for now. Sky’s processor fan (heatsink/fan on the chipset? Whatever it’s called.) was burned out so that explains his overheating. Sky is very excited to have a computer again and has discovered Red Alert so now he’s on a RTS kick.

The poor lawn needed rain but it’s getting to be a bummer now. The hot summer weather left and got replaced by what feels like fall. This has put an abrupt halt on our waterpark adventures dammit. I do like not running the a/c but I wanted to get in one more waterpark trip or go to the lake. We have booked our last camping trip of the season for the end of this month. We hope for nice weather and no rain so the mountain bike trails won’t claim any victims and we don’t freeze our asses off in our tents like the last camping trip of last year (god that was fucking cold).

Sky’s homework has gotten crazy this year. He’s been loaded down with stuff every night and 2 things now have stumped all adults here, like they weren’t explained properly since we all read it and said “Huh? I don’t get it.”. He had a research project on binary code as a number language. Cool yeah but written out? Uh ok. Fun time for 4^th graders to be hand writing binary code. The real gripe about it was it was due in 2 parts. The first part being a chart on poster board then the 2^nd part being the research and answering questions. Now why would you do the research AFTER you do the presentation? Interesting approach.

I bowled my high game of 163 and my first turkey (3 strikes in a row) in the same game. This wasn’t in league (hasn’t started yet) and wasn’t at our usual alley. I bowl great over there but the leagues are so expensive and we are fairly loyal to our usual place. The best thing was Sky bowled a turkey (his first too) in the 10^th frame of our first game. He was so happy he was jumping up and down so we got the scores printed out for him. I would put him in the kids’ league down there but it conflicts with his school time and it’s further away so he’s sticking with his usual league that starts this Saturday.

In the world of orthodontics, I am pink now. Nothing too exciting this time. My midline is being stubborn so they told me to wear the elastic from canine to the very back molar now instead of the 2nd molar to see if it gets moving. All of the dramatic changes came in the beginning and until the final canine came down so it's a bit boring now but I'll take boring and straight teeth anyday compared to what they looked like before...it really is a miracle.