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Life in Mid-Cornfield has been chaos lately.  Just a quick recap:

•  The Bug had her first trip to the zoo in City of the Big Arch two weekends ago.  The kangaroos, lemurs, and big cats were a hit; great apes and non-emu birds, not so much.  She also had her first hot dog, which was also a hit.  I hit Trader Joe’s, which was also a hit (Cat Cookies for People are quite good, as is Three Buck Chuck).
• The Geek is doing an increased number of Geek Things (paid) lately, which has kept us all busy.
• I’m back to teaching one night a week in a classroom, in addition to my online classes, with a 50-mile one-way commute to do so.
• As a result of those last two, the Bug has a friend coming every Wednesday night.  They hang out, sing songs, read stories, and play with the cat while the Geek does his thing and I teach American literature.  So far, the arrangement works well for everyone but the cat, who is slightly put out by the entrance of a new human to his domicile.

More trips for the Bug are on the horizon.  The Geek has family in North Cornfield, including a cousin who is currently visiting from his home in Land of the Clogs.  The Geek cousin has not met the Bug yet (due to the price of airfare between all areas cornfield and the Land of the Clogs), so a trip to North Cornfield is on tap for this weekend.

Next weekend, the Bug will be making her first trip to the Northern Land of Repetitive Letters to visit her grandparents (my father and step mother).  They moved there from the Mitten a few years back, but I’ve  never even seen their new house.  The Geek has a week off from his Geek Things, it’s spring break at my college, and the rest of my Geek Things are portable.   Now to get the Geek’s parents to watch the cat, who will not do well with a 11-hour car ride.