All Over Again
Gabe presented me and Lauran with grade cards, inside manilla envelopes. Each contained a couple of his favorite (or non-favorite, if you got a bad report) Pokemon cards. I got A+'s for "being a good student." On the other side of the card was my academic record--all F-'s! Ack! It's High School all over again. Well, sort of. Back then, I got mostly B's because I could get them without doing much of anything. Why work for A's when B's are free? Then I got to college and realized what studying is supposed to be. Rude awakening! But awakening, nonetheless.

Holiday weekend project: powerwash the deck. It was so dirty and unsealed it looked like driftwood.