April 28, 2009: Ralston Car Swap Day

I woke up this morning to the phone ringing.  Dominica actually beat me to the phone.  It was Danielle calling to get some car info.  Their 1996 Buick Regal GS that they have been driving – they just bought it to get them through the month – completely died this weekend after returning home from …

April 27, 2009: A Tropical Heat Wave

Actions speak louder than words and budgets speak louder than actions. Another warm day today.  That is three really, really hot ones in a row. Liesl got Dominica up at five thirty this morning and would not let her go back to sleep.  At seven thirty I got up and took care of Liesl for …

April 26, 2009: We’re Having a Heat Wave

Today is my first day of taking the official Sunday shift (as opposed to just being paged out and getting stuck with it.)  I have been working every Sunday since mid-January so just being scheduled and knowing that I will be working on Sunday is, in a way, quite a bit nicer than being thrown …