The kids are heading back to school tomorrow. It’s amazing how fast the summer has gone. We’ve been to the beach a few times, went to a Hindu wedding, hosted a killer Fourth of July party, did work on the house, installed a pond in the back yard and stocked it with fish. All in all, except for way too much rain and a neighbor whose car stereo is loud enough to shake the house, and often does, the summer’s been pretty darned good.

Man, the weather’s finally looking beautiful, and it’s time to spend more money on the house. So we’re going to go to an art festival instead.

And when it rains on Sunday, we’ll bitch and moan that we can’t do anything outside. Then I’ll hit the garden centers alone during the week and bat my eyes and get the big strong guys who work there to carry all the stuff to my car. I have to do this on a day I can walk the kids home, because I then won’t be able to get the garden stuff out of the car, so there won’t be room in it for children. All this planning – good thing I have a college education.