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1. So, I’m going to Italy tomorrow, and just *2 weeks* ago found out my passport had totally expired.  Ever renewed a passport? You do the math.  I found someone to fix it for me,  just barely, and who says America is a totally free and open society in which money can’t buy some people more justice than others?

2. Almostgotit seems to have landed a job.  (Shh, I did not just say that.  It’s not official yet, so now we’re going to change the subject.)

3. I also spent the last few weeks preparing for and taking the GRE. 

4. Going to grad school and holding a full-time job was not the original plan. I was assuming more of an either/or situation, but doing both is starting to look sort of interesting….

5. Also? Did I mention that Mr. Almostgotit decided to paint the central room of our house in the midst of everything else, so there are displaced dishes and furniture and rugs and stuff in piles everywhere, in between the piles of Europe stuff and GRE stuff and job interview stuff and all the other stuff that no one has paid any attention to for weeks?  (Mr. Almostgotit also had a Painting Accident that led to an Unplanned ER Visit, but now we’re going to change the subject again.)

6. Re that “going to Italy” part? — I’ve been in charge of all the ticket-buying and reservations for a number of people, each coming from and going to a different city, and did I mention that in the fray I completely forgot to check the expiry date on my own passport?  Hopefully we will not all end up in a Bulgarian yurt because of some other tiny little detail I forgot.

7. New nieces and nephews have been popping up so fast the last couple of weeks I can’t even keep up, but thank God for Facebook and online shopping

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8. Our very terrible dog, the Rhodesian Fridge-Snack named Jerry.  Turns out adult dogs need ongoing training, and we definitely will need to address Jerry’s increasingly anti-social behavior.   In the meantime though, don’t even think of robbing our house, because Jerry is staying here with a house-sitter, and he will totally Eat Your Face Off if you try.

Ciao!