No matter how well I think I’ve planned for it, the start of a new school semester always throws my life into chaos.

And this semester, not only am I scrambling to drop my new class times into place, now there’s also my kid’s activities as well: put Girl Scout meeting here; put photo class there; weekly field trip to museum goes there; online class can go here, here, and here…

Then, after a couple weeks, I finally get that long orange piece — the moment where things even out, and life is returned to order again. Until then (and at the risk of extending an already tenuous metaphor), blog posts are like one of those Z-shaped pieces: great if I can fit them in, but sometimes you just can’t make it work out.

Have a nice long weekend, everyone. See you in a week or so!