August, '26

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Pivot!  Pivot!  (8/1/26)

Hannah loves the new couch!  (8/1/26)


Even Hazel needs to check out the new couch.  (8/1/26)

Hazel isn't so sure about this whole concept of being on top of the couch instead of under it.  (8/1/26)

The prospect of a new couch is so exciting that the full triple cat makes an appearance.  (8/1/26)

Sometimes we kidnap Hazel from her hiding place under the couch.  (8/2/26)

Wrap her up like a baby, and make her watch movies with us.  (8/2/26)

Today, she watches Chocolat.  (8/2/26)

Lane gives Lee a choice between "polite squares or butchered pepperoni" pizza.  (8/11/26)

Instead of properly coming home, Daniel and I got Covid and had to be quarantined, exiling Lee to next door.  (8/11/26)

However, the children were kind and called us up to keep us company.  (8/11/26)

The children were charming and funny.  (8/11/26)

Unfortunately, I was too delirious to remember many of the specifcs of this conversation.  But I do know that Lee was hungry and yet uninterested in actual food, much as usual.  (8/11/26)

Lee switches to VR.  (8/11/26)

Apparently, he is picking up and throwing a taxi, as one does in VR.  (8/11/26)

Lane claims the VR headset so that Lee can no longer tell what his wild swinging is accomplishing, at least until he actually eats something.  (8/11/26)

Lee presents Annie with "pendulum mustard."  (8/15/26)

Now Lee is hungry and gets presented with mustard himself.  (8/15/26)

Annie does not recognize the tiny square box as something worth looking at, even though it's what's holding our two households together right now  She does not care.  (8/16/26)

After more than a week, sadly, Daniel and I were both still testing positive for Covid...  (8/18/26)

...but we were still able to do a brief, masked, outdoor visit for my birthday.  We didn't let the 84 degree weather stop us.  (8/18/26)

Technology aids us in sharing a birthday cake between two houses.  (8/18/26)

Technology whimsically lets me down, because I had the audacity to accidentally tap my screen slightly wrong.  (8/18/26)

But hey, even without the perfect photo, my kids are pretty perfect.  (8/18/26)

Annie is more affectionate than Julian, but she also struggles harder.  (8/21/26)

The truest use of technology -- calling each other up to show each other the cats.  (8/21/26)

Julian misses the kids.  (8/22/26)

Be careful what you wish for...  (8/23/26)

...it might come home and cuddle with you, instead of dangling string for you.  (8/23/26)

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