Summer's Here!!!

It's amazing how differently you view things as an adult, as compared to when you were a child yourself. Summer holidays as a kid were blissful days of freedom. As an adult, as a parent, the summer "vacation" is a complete misnomer. It's not a vacation, not a holiday. It's more work then the rest of the year because while, sure, you don't have to drive kid A to dance class, kid D to soccer practice and you don't have to take kid K to flute lessons (all hypothetical 'kids' made up for this arguement) you have them around you all of the time! There is no 45-minute break from the rat-race while waiting for skating to be done. There is no free time for you to take a break. If you are at home, 99% of the time your kids are there too. And if you're leaving house for some reason, 99% of the time your kids are begging to come with you - if only so that they too can get out of the house for a bit. And folks, honest to God, it makes this whole sham of a "holiday," for parents anyways, one great big pain in the ass!!

And yep, now my rant is done.

(and if you actually bothered to read it, thanks for putting up with it ;))

So it's summer and I haven't posted anything in more than a month (actually I think it's encroaching on two months now), but I figured now was as good a time as any to put up a new blurb (see rant above) and post a few new pictures of the family. [All pictures are mine. All pictures are from May 2009.]




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