As the parent of every Junior and Senior in Oak Ridge knows, this was prom weekend.  Beta let me off the seamstress hook this year, and looked very ladylike with her hair and nails done.  Hard to believe she’s a rugby player in real life (thus, the long dress that covers all her bruises from Friday’s game).

He Who Tames Flying Monkeys had the assignment  honor of going prom dress shopping this year, as I was in San Francisco attending a meeting on the only weekend when she had time to shop.  He deserves some kind of really special award for that…

From April until June is a season of madness for parents: once the TCAPs are dispensed with, all of the big field trips, social events, and projects quickly fill the calendar.  And, it’s election time, so we have to squeak in a little off that wherever we can.

If I post a little less frequently, forgive me.  I’ll be back as soon as I can.