Hello….Hello… Um, is this thing on…….helloo…helllllooooo……

Enjoying sunny San Diego, California and trying to enjoy spending time with the nieces and nephews. Though I would like to say that after working 15+ years in the daycare field, there is a very good reason why I got out of the field 3+ years ago. I’m just saying…….. Anyway, no one has died yet but it’s a close thing. Are all children this sassy and ‘lippy’? What can I say, the weather is fabulous (as if it could be anything else) and the state has obliged my nostalgia by having an earthquake in honor of my visit. Of course I was driving on the highway when it happened and I missed the entire thing. It wasn’t a huge or newsworthy event as it only topped out at about 5.2 on the Richter scale. No damage or injuries reported. Of course in this state, in its constant state of earthquake preparedness, it would take much more than that to cause damage. If this quake had occurred in say, India or Pakistan or someplace less stable, buildings would have been crumbling. Anyway…..what am I talking about? Have been wanting to post a blog of our adventures in France, but it seems that the more time that goes by the harder it is to get motivated to work that hard. I actually have a skeletal post almost done and will probably just post that and be done with it. Would also love to post snippets of overheard conversations between the children because I find them highly amusing, but probably shouldn’t embarrass them that way. Have been driving around San Diego County and seeing the amazing recovery the hillsides are making after last years fires. The ground still has that black scorched look but all the trees and shrubs that survived are looking wonderfully healthy and green. Though the devastation to personal property is regrettable, fire does seem to do great wonders for the land. (Pardon me, must go and be referee/mediator/killer of small children, back in a sec……) (Would like to have a wireless remote Taser. Something to administer a small, long distance (read: so I don’t actually have to get out of my chair) electrical shock to any young child who raises their voice above the decibel level that OSHA guidelines say is safe for the adult ear (and sanity). If anyone has a copy of those guidelines, please send them to me so I can review them as I'm sure many other work safety guidlines are being disregarded here.) Well, off to help feed the little dears. The background photo is Rodins 'Gates of Hell'. Apropos?