Mera and I have returned from our sojourn with relentlesstoil and samueljl. It was a full and delightfully slow week. We simultaneously did a lot and nothing at all. Sammy took amazing pictures. I feel compelled to point out that in addition to everyone needing a good wife, it would help if everyone had a good photographer as basically one of life's necessary accessories.

Longwood Gardens, Philly downtown history, and the Jersey shore were the project events for the week. We "did craft" and we went swimming. Mostly we just enjoyed the company of folks you trust so deeply you don't need to worry about showing your stretch marks when you change into your bathing suit.

So my vacation from my vacation life is over. Now I need a vacation. Not going to happen. Things are coming to a head at DrC's practice. We've signed the Letter of Intent and the attorney's are now working on the Purchase and Sale agreement. We still don't have a tenant... HELP. Things are winding down there. And in a month or so, we're going to have to find winter quarters for the boat.

I'm taking the kids to California next week as our last hooray before school starts. I was going to put it off until I realized that if I don't take them next week, I just know it won't happen until December. I owe it to the girls and to their grandparents not to screw this one up.

So thank you Keet and Sammy for such a wonderful trip. It was, I think, the calm before the storm of the second half of 2007 for the crew of Don Quixote. After that, however, we should have the lines cut and be truly into the next phase of our lives.