I Suck At Hanging Out With Karlene

Yesterday, Karen's cousin (Karlene) came down from the All-American city known as Lowell. There is a lot to like about Lowell, or so the city would have you believe. Unfortunately, I suck at hanging out with Karlene. (I have this thing... called work.)

Anyway, Karlene was gracious enough to come down and spend the day with Karen and our newborn daughter (Briana). It turns out that Karlene was on school vacation this week. Karlene is currently teaching in a New Hampshire school and apparently New Hampshire schools have designated this week as school vacation week. (For anyone curious, the vacation week in Massachusetts was last week.) Regardless, Karlene did not have any major plans for this week and consequently offered to help Karen and I out.

And indeed, Karlene was a major help. She fed and changed Briana for us, allowing Karen to do some other things that have been on her "to-do" list. On Karen's "to-do" list was mulching. And Karen was able to throw some mulch down on her garden beds. She's not completely done with the mulching, but at least she started. For some time, the mulch has been sitting in our garage. We just never could find the free time to lay down the mulch while taking care of Briana. Enter Karlene!

Anyway, thank you very much Karlene! I hope you also had a great time taking care of her and I hope Briana was not too fussy with you.