k wants to know

when are nani and nana and grandma sue going to come again?

i will ask them.

yesterday's events:

ro ate sushi and japanese food and loved it.

k ate agedashi tofu and miso soup and loved it.

we celebrated dad's birthday at a japanese restaurant.

RO ATE SUSHI. can you believe it? i am so happy.

k liked the udon noodles too!

mom stayed up late reading about locked knees. not good -- nani's got meniscus tears i think. went to sleep with computer next to bed.

dad is happy with birthday -- ate lemon cupcake, k ate chocolate cupcake, ro made progress on triple vanilla cupcake.

today's events:

children knocked water into mom's computer. gone.

children made a suit of armor out of construction paper. awesome.

children and dad shot water bottle rockets onto the neighbor's roof. superfun.

nani has an orthopedic appt. job accomplished.

mom submitted a national grant. she was selected as the representative from the umn. first woman and first person of color. mom is a rock star without a computer.

kids played wii. mom and dad are exhausted from helping.

so we lost an 1800 computer (again). but we gained sushi. have to look at the positives...

tomorrow is another day. and we have a birthday party, a game party with BRYON. and we might go see the leaves because it is the peak of the season.

so there are many things that we are doing that are destroying the planet -- the pollution, global warming, fracking, war. but i have to believe that we are trying to leave it in better shape than how we find out it. and the simple joys in life are to be cherished.