Jangly Nerves @ Starbucks

The best-laid plans, etc.....Punch was supposed to be at day 3 of her weeklong Maggic for Muggles [Harry Potter] camp today from 9 to 1. But last night, we overdid it, I guess, and Dan took her to the ER--she was disoriented at the outdoor movie in town, said she didn't know where she was....I knew about the busy, hot day she'd had and think fluid, food and bed would have sufficed, but Dan thought a doctor was needed....so they left 11 p.m. from movie at park and returned home after 3:30 a.m. [All the tests--EKG, blood, urine, were fine. The dr. thought maybe heat exhaustion was to blame.]  So then, of course, Punch had to sleep in today and camp was out.....so was my work window for the day.......

We had Japanese lunch with Nikki, then came to Starbucks...I set up laptop to work and set up a short scavenger hunt in town for them....but Punch has been kind of bouncing off the walls....a handful....so that didn't work out too well.....as in, she ended up trying on many pairs in the new kids' shoe store instead of scavenging, and calling me on Nikki's cell to ask if we could buy some. Now Anne came and scooped them for a trip to the town pool, so I'm trying to get some work done for a couple of hours....but sometimes it's hard to switch gears so quickly, from park and idle to drive [through work assignments]. Jangly nerves.

Ah, yes, now I remember why we sign our kids up for camp, if we have even a prayer of getting work done in the endless days of summer....

Thank you for listening