I haven't written anything in well over 2 weeks.  It's not that I haven't thought about the blog... it's that I was swamped and fell asleep every night exhausted.  I can't overstate how many stories I have rattling around in...

Me to Mom (as we're driving down the highway), "Mom, could you plug my phone in?  I want to have enough battery to take a video of this."  Mom, "Sure. Ok.  Plugged in.  How do I know it's charging?"  Me,...

The goal with mom was to see as much as possible in the final 2 weeks of her time with us.  This is her first visit to northern California so we have to see: all of San Fran, do a...