Full Immersion - Getting Acclimated

[Daybreak]

Well W and the kids are away for their week of fun at a church related retreat in the mountains. The kids were naturally happy that they were going but somewhat sad that they would not see me for over a week. The kids needed to come by the Bobcave yesterday to get a couple of things that they had forgotten and we made each other promise that we would call during the week. They get back at the end of the week but I will be gone for the weekend with friends north of here at a festival and it will be good to get away.

Late last week W sent me an e-mail asking if I could take care of the kids on one of her weekends next month while she is away out of state. Now I have known about this mysterious weekend trip for the past two months since she put it on the online calendar we share so it was not a surprise. She will also be gone for a couple of days into the following week so I have to get the kids to and from their summer camp activities.

I replied to her that I could cover for the kids and that I have known for quite a while about her trip. I also mentioned about my trip next weekend (leaving Saturday morning and returning Sunday night) that the dogs were going to be at the vet and I would pick up the kids as usual from their weekly camp Monday afternoon. She replied back that the kids would be fine with her until then.

Now what W does with her time is none of my business anymore. But why wait nearly two months to ask me to cover for the kids on one of her weekends and part of the following week? Makes absolutely no sense to me...

On the house front - we had an evaluation done on the mold in the unfinished basement. Looks like the vapor screen and affected insulation will have to be removed before the wood can be treated. The environmental conditions in the basement are relatively good (low relative humidity and decent temperature) so after I get back from my trip next weekend it looks like I will be removing and carting off the affected material...