I've been out of school for two months so far, and yet it feels like more than one summer's worth of excitement has taken place!

• There was a month of recuperation in Providence: getting back on a decent sleep schedule and hanging out with the surprising number of people who stayed in town for the summer.


• Then there was the much-anticipated week in Cape Cod with the Scoobies (and now the second generation, the Scrappies), who never fail to come together and feel like a zany and entertaining family despite living so far apart from one another.


• Then I flew home and spent a few days in Dallas, where we were treated to a surprise wedding!


• Today we drive south to spend two days in San Antonio before heading up to Austin for three days. Plans are very free form at this point, but I hope that we'll get to visit the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center as well as wander around Austin's myriad cool neighborhoods. If you have any suggestions for food or frolicking, send them my way!

A friend of mine was getting rid of this little beauty before she moved to a new apartment, and I offered to give it a new home.

I am currently packing up my car to drive out to Cape Cod tomorrow morning to spend the Fourth of July with the Scoobies, and I couldn't be more excited! I have books and I have cameras to entertain myself while hanging out on the beach, and I am compiling a mix cd to play while driving tomorrow. I hope to have lots of good pictures to post when I get back on Sunday...