houston

I’m not sure what to write about Houston, except that I’m really in shock.  I really can’t remember when there’s been a natural disaster in a place I knew, where I had friends and family.  What’s happening to Houston is really mind-boggling.  The graphic on the front of the New York Times sums it up…

year over year

A couple weeks ago, H headed off on his annual backpacking trip.  He’s been doing the trip for years, and before kids, it was NBD, but this all changed when L showed up.  Actually, before.  The night before his planned 6-day backpacking trip in 2011 when I was pregnant with L, I was puking so…