There haven’t been many new blog entries in the past two weeks, because there hasn’t been much to report and, once again, our home computer is in the shop. (I could probably have fixed it myself, but I suspect that the problem is a hardware problem and, moreover, that the problem is with one of the new pieces I had installed a mere four months ago.)
The semester is already in high gear; there are three days a week in which the only time I see L awake is in the morning before I leave. I have several evening classes and I’ve joined the choir at the church (Grace Episcopal Church) we’ve been attending. Sometimes I compensate for my absence in the evening by starting my day more slowly, leaving the house later in the morning.
L is still refusing to crawl, and it’s looking more and more as though he will walk on his own before he ever crawls. He has the mobility, coordination, and strength to crawl, but he just hasn’t clued in to how it’s done. He’s pulling himself up, with the help of nearby furniture, into a standing position. He’s also taken to placing his mouth on bare skin (Pam’s or mine, whichever happens to be handy) and blowing, making a lovely farting sound. Don’t ask me where he’s picked this trick up.
The weather has been gorgeous this week. Right now I have the AC on in the office, because it would be uncomfortable if it wasn’t. It feels more like a Manitoban August than it does September. We’ve taken advantage of the nice weather. Over the last several weeks, Pam and I, with L in the stroller, have taken up jogging. There’s a paved bikepath right near our apartment, which makes jogging, while pushing a stroller, much safer than jogging on the street and much smoother than jogging on the sidewalk.
ahhh the sounds of children…