Ah, this is more like it. After a week of hundred-degree heat, a cooling breeze came up this afternoon. The air feels a lot different tonight, and I think that means sleep will come more easily. To people who actually sleep, anyway. We’ve moved from the brick oven to the meat locker in the span of a few hours, and as much as I like hot weather, I’m not complaining.

Or maybe it’s just that I don’t like the heat as much as I used to. I do like the sunshine, though. I know that for sure, and that will never change. I’ll take one cloudy day a year, when I can take 365 cloud photos, and then gladly spend the rest of the time under blue skies, day after day after day. I promise I wouldn’t get bored with it.

It’s been a few days, but I’ve been doing nothing but working. Suzanne and I went out for coffee yesterday afternoon (iced coffee, that is) and caught up on our lives. Mom and I went to breakfast this morning while her car was having some recall work done. I haven’t seen much of anybody else.

Aiden went to his first Giants game this week and loved it. He charmed all the folks in the stands around him and paid attention to the action on the field. Well, that isn’t surprising, is it? He notices everything, and he interacts with adults easily and gracefully. Today at Target, prompted by Tammy to say hello to the cashier, he said, “Hi, lady. I eat French fries a lot.”

And Kylie is now fully mobile. She crawls up and down the hallway and in and out of all the rooms in her house, making it a lot easier on Tammy. She doesn’t have to carry her around, and she always knows where she is because she follows her mama around the house. There are piles of toys for her to play with in every room. She also had her nine-month checkup this week and was pronounced completely healthy (at 17 pounds, 13 ounces).

And that’s all the news I have. I don’t usually write about other people’s adventures unless I’m a part of them, but I don’t have much to say about myself these days, and I haven’t seen the kids all week. So there you go. No apologies.