The scoop from SoCal

Well, it's been another very full week around here. Dad is all geeked out about some piece of paper he got in the mail, and it's not even his new CA driver's license:


If his head looks a little larger than normal in that photo, it's not a trick of the lens...

...so I am doing what I can to keep him in his place:


We don't spend all our time lounging around in the sun, though. Why, just yesterday we woke up to 60-degree temperatures and a strange gray substance blocking the sun. I had to consult a reference book to remind myself that they were called "clouds." It was awful -- they didn't burn off until almost noon!

We've been spending a lot of time trying to get our bearings in this brave new world, so I've been reading up on the area, perusing the L.A. Times over breakfast...


...and Los Angeles Magazine's listing of the top high schools in the region:

I figure I might as well make some use of my time on the potty, since I don't know what else to do with it yet. (Is that TMI? Sorry.) Anyhow, two of the top 12 public high schools are walkable from our house. So if I can make it to high school, I should be all set. But I like painting so much that I could end up at a conservatory or something:




Normally I talk a lot more than this -- and without any prompting -- but Dad was interrupting a contemplative moment as I was trying to figure out how to get as much paint on the furniture as possible.

I hope you had a fun week, too, dear reader. Remember -- for better or worse, the Madster is watching you:


--Maddie