The Pang

Famille Rule-Becker finally moved back into our yellow house last Saturday after nearly six months in exile. We had the house de-leaded after Cedric's lead levels were higher than we would have liked. The friendly folks at the Somerville Housing Department told us it would be a six to eight week process. Ha, ha, ha! Those kidders. So clever, so witty! So.... wrong.

We moved out just before Labor Day weekend. Summer clothes, back to school season, all that. And here we are, with the spring fashions hitting the shelves any day (or maybe I'm behind and they are already there).

We moved into my mother's house, where I grew up. A bit strange beiong back there for such an extended period, but it went remarkably well.

In the interim, Cedric learned to walk and talk and Isabelle learned to write her name.

Howard Dean went from obscurity to the covers of Time and Newsweek to late-night infamy. And Vanessa and I were very much on board. Vanessa wrote about 60 or 80 letters on behalf of the campaign. I spent three days in New Hampshire volunteering for the campaign, which was a blast. I didn't want to go back to my real job.

Oh, and I got an album that you should check out if you're into that jazz/bluegrass/female vocalist thing. It's by the Wayfaring Strangers. Here is the link.

I hope all of you are well all around the globe.

-Eric