We don’t eat out a lot these days (prices, eep!), but it was a special treat and I wanted to take the opportunity to stretch the kids’ palates a little. They are not the most adventurous eaters most days. But both of them agreed to taste everything we ordered, and Kavi said she was feeling […]
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Kavi requested one fancy meal on this trip, and I DID just get final approval on an essay, which paid nicely, so here we are — Essensia, at The Palms Hotel. The kids are enjoying the fancy. 🙂
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Anand battles the sea — he gave up on the moated fortress approach, and tried to just sit where he was going to get hit by waves. Anand (laughing): Why are the waves so aggressive?? Me: The ocean wants to be sure you know it loves you. It is giving you a big wave-hug. Anand:
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Anand battles the sea. The results of the moat-fortress combo (7 seconds): Sea: 2 Anand: 0 That said, it did seem to help a bit. He tried it several times. By the end, it was: Sea: 7 Anand: 0 Anand: What would it take for me to actually get a point? Good question, kid! (The
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Anand battles the sea, take 2. He works very diligently to build a fortress around his foot, this time, with a moat, reasoning that it may help blunt the force of the waves. Maybe? Does it work? See next video.
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Anand battles the sea. First he attempts to build a fortress around his foot. It is almost immediately washed away. Sea: 1 Anand: 0
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Scene: Kavi and I checking out at convenience store in hotel. Me: [tries to ask clerk for butter in Spanish, runs out of vocabulary, turns to Kavi, whose vocabulary is a little better than mine right now] Kavi: Mantequilla. Me to clerk: Si, mantequilla, por favor! Me to Kavi: See, our Spanish is getting so
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Plan for the day is mostly academic — I’m grading papers for the next few hours, teaching a few Zoom classes, and then probably grading papers some more, as I promised to get them back by midnight tonight. I basically HAVE to make such promises to my students, because if I don’t, I will procrastinate
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Mr. Lizard is not quite as impressive as Mr. Pelican, but he WAS bigger than my hand, and possesses a certain je ne sais quoi.
He possesses a certain je ne sais quoi. Read More »
Editor read the Russ essay and loved it. Whew! Good use of my spring break, working on that revision. Anand and I went to the grocery store, so I could make some meals here instead of spending a lot on eating out. Simple tonight — pasta Alfredo and Caesar salad, which the kids will reliably
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