We made it! We finished the school year, made the turn into summer.
Duchess graduated from 12th grade.
Skipper graduated from 8th grade.
Duchess is heading off to Sweden for a couple of weeks, and while she's gone Skipper will play a lot of ultimate frisbee and Cook and I will prepare to move back into our actual house.
Also, here are some photos from Skipper's trip to Japan, courtesy of other people who took pictures of her.
Here's Duchess (and Skipper) on her first day of kindergarten.
Here's Duchess (and Skipper) today, on her last day of 12th grade. (Skipper was not yet awake enough for the sunny morning.)
I took Duchess out for mediocre pizza to celebrate at the end of the day. She has a weekend of parties and sentimental weeping over yearbook notes to come, and then graduation next week.
We are alive! Not much to report. Cook has a new job, still in government, but doing a different kind of work. I have the same job. Duchess ...
