The Final Countdown

“Dad had a stroke.” Those words will snap you into wakefulness before your first cup of coffee on a Saturday morning. Those words snapped me into wakefulness before my first cup of coffee on Saturday morning. My sister called at 1:30 am. With the schedule we’ve been on lately, we would have usually been up….

I have been meaning to update, and meaning to update, and meaning to update. Since our return to the country, it’s been a crazy time. I’m kind of aware of how I’ve gotten to a place where I am just so busy, and so brain-fried by day’s end, that I can’t even work in the occasional blog…

We’re renewing our lease. This isn’t a rare event. It’s unprecedented. I don’t know how I feel about it. On one hand, I know why this is the right decision – several trips already planned for this year, paying off debt, time savings, a good location for travel along the East Coast. On the other,…