The joys of raising children, I’ve been told, are in watching them grow and learn.

Learning isn’t always a pleasant experience.

On a side note. I’m sure it will soon become readily apparent that there will not be updates for a rather extended period of time. This isn’t because I’ve gone and given up, but more that I’m focusing on making this strange trip. Only time will tell, of course, but consider this a sort of time-jump… only we actually have to sit through the time involved instead of getting the wonderful opportunity to skip it with a nifty transition.

Or maybe we can…….