21 NOV 25

It's a quick day of work under honey glow of lamplight... dripping stone gray mist of rain out the windows...

...while Oxbear takes a gang of kids field tripping on his day off... Yali has allowed Patience to accompany himself and a friend for the morning free skate at the local ice rink...

Patience is back again in the early afternoon for her personal “Dancing with the Stars” marathon...

...while the boys move on to the Science Center...

...between gaming and work-outs oldest son occasionally emerges for pasta breaks...

...and the dog is sporting a few more blood stains on her snout from the cat...

Some hours later Yali is home after a full day of exploration with stories of adventure and intrigue... “And then Ry and I got locked in the bathroom at the park! The door wouldn't open! And I started thinking to myself... I guess this is just our life now... never having to wait for the bathroom again...”

In the crisp dark of early night Patience returns from three hours of both a private lesson and Oireachtas spirit party to discuss everything that doesn't need to be discussed but will anyway when it's already past her bedtime... “...and she says she has kind of a little crush on Robert Irw... Irw... what's his name?... Just a little one... a little crush... but I don't... I don't have a crush on Robert Ir... Irw... well you know... but oh look I have another scar on my leg now!” ...as she pulls up her pant leg to show me then grabs her crystal granny candy dish of Hershey's kisses and skips off to bed with it...

And Puck comes out looking for bacon...