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Still here. It's been a month and a half, I think, which is nothing compared to some of my absences. I had a grumpy April and a... sneezy May, if we are doing Disney dwarves, though actually stuffy nose and migraines are the more common results of my allergies. A sleepy June would be nice, but I don't think it's going to happen.
So, working backwards: as of the weekend I am the mother of a college graduate, which, ack. It was a spectacularly damp commencement but they read the Houston weather right and the skies cleared in time, although it took much longer for the ground to stop being a lake. He will spend next year in San Francisco interning at SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which, wow. And no, I don't think George had anything to do with it, heh. Another branch of the family) and then back to Rice for another year.
In a few more weeks I'll be the mother of another high school graduate, who is off to Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA in the late summer. Best undergraduate theatre program in the country. Not tops academically, which is just as well considering his recent grades. Ack. I will miss him greatly.
In the April downturn I managed to reread the entire Aubrey/Maturin series (except for Treason's Harbour which we no longer possess for some reason), and I am now rereading Len Deighton's Bernard Samson books. I have had more Thoughts about series fiction as a result but now is not the moment. Whether there will ever be a moment is up in the air. I am rather scattered in focus just now.
Have seen the finales of both Castle and Once Upon a Time, each of which was satisfying in its own way. Happy to discuss if anyone wants.
Otherwise am amazingly behind at everything. And must go wash dishes.
So, working backwards: as of the weekend I am the mother of a college graduate, which, ack. It was a spectacularly damp commencement but they read the Houston weather right and the skies cleared in time, although it took much longer for the ground to stop being a lake. He will spend next year in San Francisco interning at SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which, wow. And no, I don't think George had anything to do with it, heh. Another branch of the family) and then back to Rice for another year.
In a few more weeks I'll be the mother of another high school graduate, who is off to Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA in the late summer. Best undergraduate theatre program in the country. Not tops academically, which is just as well considering his recent grades. Ack. I will miss him greatly.
In the April downturn I managed to reread the entire Aubrey/Maturin series (except for Treason's Harbour which we no longer possess for some reason), and I am now rereading Len Deighton's Bernard Samson books. I have had more Thoughts about series fiction as a result but now is not the moment. Whether there will ever be a moment is up in the air. I am rather scattered in focus just now.
Have seen the finales of both Castle and Once Upon a Time, each of which was satisfying in its own way. Happy to discuss if anyone wants.
Otherwise am amazingly behind at everything. And must go wash dishes.