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Pivot! Pivot! (8/1/26)
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Hannah loves the new couch! (8/1/26)
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Even Hazel needs to check out the new couch. (8/1/26)
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Hazel isn't so sure about this whole concept of being on top of the couch instead of under it. (8/1/26)
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The prospect of a new couch is so exciting that the full triple cat makes an appearance. (8/1/26)
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Sometimes we kidnap Hazel from her hiding place under the couch. (8/2/26)
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Wrap her up like a baby, and make her watch movies with us. (8/2/26)
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Today, she watches Chocolat. (8/2/26)
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Lane gives Lee a choice between "polite squares or butchered pepperoni" pizza. (8/11/26)
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Instead of properly coming home, Daniel and I got Covid and had to be quarantined, exiling Lee to next door. (8/11/26)
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However, the children were kind and called us up to keep us company. (8/11/26)
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The children were charming and funny. (8/11/26)
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Unfortunately,
I was too delirious to remember many of the specifcs of this
conversation. But I do know that Lee was hungry and yet
uninterested in actual food, much as usual. (8/11/26)
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Lee switches to VR. (8/11/26)
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Apparently, he is picking up and throwing a taxi, as one does in VR. (8/11/26)
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Lane
claims the VR headset so that Lee can no longer tell what his wild
swinging is accomplishing, at least until he actually eats something.
(8/11/26)
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Lee presents Annie with "pendulum mustard." (8/15/26)
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Now Lee is hungry and gets presented with mustard himself. (8/15/26)
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Annie
does not recognize the tiny square box as something worth looking at,
even though it's what's holding our two households together right now
She does not care. (8/16/26)
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After more than a week, sadly, Daniel and I were both still testing positive for Covid... (8/18/26)
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...but
we were still able to do a brief, masked, outdoor visit for my
birthday. We didn't let the 84 degree weather stop us.
(8/18/26)
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Technology aids us in sharing a birthday cake between two houses. (8/18/26)
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Technology whimsically lets me down, because I had the audacity to accidentally tap my screen slightly wrong. (8/18/26)
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But hey, even without the perfect photo, my kids are pretty perfect. (8/18/26)
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Annie is more affectionate than Julian, but she also struggles harder. (8/21/26)
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The truest use of technology -- calling each other up to show each other the cats. (8/21/26)
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Julian misses the kids. (8/22/26)
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Be careful what you wish for... (8/23/26)
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...it might come home and cuddle with you, instead of dangling string for you. (8/23/26)
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After listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl in the car all day, we stopped at a hotel, went for a swim, and then watched some Anne with an E before getting some sleep. Not a bad way to travel. (8/25/26)
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We made it down to Anaheim and set up our table at Worldcon. (8/27/26)
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Relaxing after a long day of selling books. (8/28/26)
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We spent a lot of time hanging out behind the table. (8/28/26)
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Learning how to operate a starfleet vessel for the Artemis Mission game. (8/28/26)
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It's
normal to collect ribbons at places like Worldcon. But the
Artemis game brings it up a whole new level by offering a different
ribbon for every station on the ship. Lee has earned all of them.
(8/28&29/26)
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Lee
attended a map-making workshop. Most of the panels he attended
were about D&D to help him become a better DM. (8/29/26)
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Oh captain, my captain, sitting in the Artemis captain's chair. (8/29/26)
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Even more ribbons. (8/29/26)
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