things done with & without my son

I took m'boy to the Ballard Locks yesterday, which I hadn't done since he was a toddler. It was a teachable moment about what locks are for (duh), the WWI war effort, and the fish ladder. We got to see a couple of little steelhead trout making their way upstream, and walked around the Queen Anne side where we saw a whole bunch of blue herons in the trees. And I laughed when I saw my first no-toking sign, because the locks are, as you locals know, a federal facility. Such happy. Wow. We both had a good time.

M'boy didn't want to stay with me last night because I told him I'd get him up with me at my usual 0700, take him to work, and then put him on the bus to Kirkland. It's that first part that was the deal killer: he slept from 2300 Tuesday to 1100 Wednesday. I'm thinking growth spurt.

So, I had a couple of hours to myself last night. I texted a certain Younger Woman who said she'd be free that night, but got no response. I consoled myself by finishing Bill Bryson's At Home.