Busy and sad couple of days

It's raining here in Boston, which is pretty well suited to our mood. My Aunt Thelma has not been doing well and we're all very sad. She's in the Elms of Cranbury right now and our thoughts and prayers are with her.

We're also very tired. We decided to take a trip to visit Aunt Thelma and Robin and Noel (and Emily and Matthew) in New Jersey on Monday. Christopher, May, and I made the roundtrip from Boston to the hospital at Rutgers University and back in just under 26 hours -- that's over 500 miles, according to Fraulein's trip-meter.

(Special shout out to the Hobermans who loaned us a pair of coolers so we could bring food to Robin and Noel. We own a cooler, we know we do, we just don't remember where....)

Also, on Sunday, Christopher and I saw a condo that we liked well enough to entertain the idea of putting in an offer. Alas, several other people had the same idea and there's a bidding war going on, so we're out of the running before we even started. (It was a nice condo, but not worth the asking price, we felt. Others, apparently, don't mind 60 amp electricity, wiring a half century old, a furnace that predates WWII, and I kid you not, cast iron plumbing. Not to mention the lead paint.)

Nothing much to report with May, other than she's taken to gnawing on the cover of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" a lot. She handled the long car ride with her usual grace and style, only minimal complaints. Her teeth are getting bigger every day and she's clearly making massive cognative leaps.

Today we go to the farmer's market and buy some asparagus for her dinner.

A collection of totally random other things:

Nikki has found us a website that lets you put your entire library online so others can view it. www.librarything.com. We're considering uploading our personal library catalog to it.

Found a cool Davis Sq. t-shirt by walking by the guy who designed it and saying "Hey! I love your shirt!"