28 NOV 25

Kids are sitting on my bed sharing a plate of cold pumpkin pie before I've even fully opened my eyes...

No straggling today though... Oxbear and Patience have to get on the road before the snow starts dumping up north...

“Guess you should bring some winter gear in case you have a break down...” I note to Oxbear // “Yeah some coats and gloves and some hardtack”...

Get things rolling with a playlist of jigs and reels while Patience and I review and review... and review... her packing list before the crawl out of the driveway at ten o'clock under a frozen sun for the six hours to Milwaukee...

With just the boys and me at home for the rest of the day... Yali realizes that he has Mama entirely to himself for all of those high energy physical demonstration high volume power dialogue reenactments of his latest horror film scripts...

We've also planned a first “Lord of the Rings” weekend marathon... so between the dishes and the laundry and grabbing a few packs of snacks from the store... it's three hours of Medieval fantasy warfare with a package of too many Oreos for Yali as he simultaneously begins to research chainmail armor on Amazon...