leslee has been in south carolina for work this week and i’m just glad to say that her trip is now over halfway over. i can manage things in her absence, but can’t really get ahead of stuff with kids and the house. by the timethe usual family business is over with, i’m pretty tired. lucky i have a super wonderful sister that lives close by to help out with these crazy kids. it’s great knowing that the three of them have to answer to three different parents. i hope they end up better because of it.

baskin-robbins had a big ice cream sale tonight to honor local firefighters. it was just 31 cents for a kid scoop of ice cream. the line was out the door, snaking around to almost the entrance of longs drugs. by the time we got into the place, about half-hour had passed. considering how much actual money we saved, it probably wasn’t worth it to stay.

at least marcos got to hang out on the fire truck for a minute