March 11

Collette was vaguely aware of thunderstorms in the middle of the night.

The next morning was cool again. But she left the windows open for the third day in a row. And there was a walk around the neighborhood for herself and Puck, who was scared of all the worms, because…

“Snakes, Mama! Snakes!” he screamed.

Finally, he seemed to get the idea that they were not, indeed, snakes.

Rose arrived late that afternoon with a back of Popchips potato chips and a set of melamine dishes for Puck in earthy greens and yellows in eclectic patterns, over which he was very excited, and carried them around until dinner.

She and Puck then burned weeds in the fire pit on the patio until the wind kicked up and hurtled giant ash-brown clouds of smoke towards the street.

There was chocolate cake for comedy that night after the boys returned from helping the Spinnings load up their truck for Atlanta.

At 30 Rock, OLeif and Joe ogled over Jack.

“I wanna be like that!” OLeif exclaimed. “In a suit and tie at breakfast.”

“English breakfast,” Collette noticed.

When a commercial for Red Lobster aired, Rose announced that she had never had lobster.

“You should,” said OLeif.

“Nope,” Rose replied. “They’re 75 years old. And I don’t eat my elders.”