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((Sooo behind on pic-posting, and other posting; esp now that the S.O. has uploaded a cache of pics dating back to *July*, and I also have a new camera that just replaced the busted one last weekend, with software to upload and play with, so dunno when all that will happen, but here's some more recent events, and I'll just have to work backwards!))

This week:
cracked rim meant busted tire and out-of-commission car for a while; Back-to-School Night madness and giddyness and business.

This weekend:

Fri night with friends eating sushi at Mr. Pi's in Warren, mmmm. Then, up super-early, torturing kingfox with an early-morning 5K memorial race. Post-race; off to SuperSavr to get beer for Lightsaber Night and "thank you!" beer for my dad for dealing with my car this week, then to my cousins' ice-cream parlor to pick up the homemade fall ice-cream flavors for post-Lightsaber consumption (pumpkin, apple pie, and cinnamon ice-cream). Then, a brief nap; then frantic cleaning of the bombed-looking apartment, dinner with kyle and gail and parents, then Lightsabery-Manhunt goodness and all-out running and whacking around the yard. It was a full moon, and a perfect (if humid for Oct) night. My dad also was mimicking screech owls on the property and they were calling back...pretty awesome. (I also think there's a big barn owl living in one of the fallen trees along our driveway...every time I see it swoop away in the evening, I think of Secret of Nimh...) After playing lots of tag and battles, we played mahjong and did shots and talked long into the night...much needed fun with people I don't see often enough!

Sunday: cleanup, yoga, and sorting through schoolstuffs; catching up with my grandmother, who I am trying to be better at encouraging (she had a minor stroke two weeks ago; I found her at 3 in the morning when she collapsed. she was in the hospital for 3 or 4 days, and is now home, recovering...is there such thing as a minor stroke? yikes.) time with kingfox, a driveway-walk with mom and dad, and here it is, staying up too late on a Sunday night and still feeling ill-prepared for tomorrow and terribly sore from all of the (also much-needed) physical exertions from yesterday.

Namaste