Well, that was an unexpected little hiatus. I think the end of summer kicked my ass. All the merriment is just so exhausting ;) Truthfully, It's taken me a bit to wrap my head around the transition and I have been a bit reluctant to shift into the higher gear that is required to get ready for the coming school year. This has been one of the best summers I can remember, not really because of what we did (though we seriously jam packed it in!), but more because of how it was - chock full of happiness. Seriously. For the most part, this family of four hummed along the summerland trail without any need for a detour. That is highly irregular for us as we are the masters of Plan B, but all in all we made some plans, we executed said plans, and we all had a blast! After coming home from our road trip, I hit a bit of a personal roadblock and I needed the quiet time to gently come back to center. So here I am. I think. Right now I'm working on a special homework assig