I just dropped Lorena, Kelly, and Christian off at the airport to fly to Monterrey. We got up at 4:00 AM. Because I work so close to the airport, I got into work a little after 5:00. Christian was able to get onto the internet while waiting at the airport, so I am talking to them a little on twitter. I have a week before I head to Mexico for a few days, too. Last night we ran around like crazy to get everything completed. Importantly, the kids were able to finish up enough Betty Blonde episodes to get us through the end of next week. Kelly and Christian came up with the idea for Betty Blonde together several years ago. Christian has provided ideas for story lines, gags, and art all along. So, to spread out the load a little, Christian is going to start drawing some of the strips. His first one will debut on Wednesday, October 15.
I will try to post some of the photos they send me here. Kelly will be writing some posts for this blog and Christian will be posting on NerdHow, so there will be plenty of information about how they are doing with Grandpa Lauro, Grandma Conchita, and all the uncles, aunts, and cousins in Monterrey. As per the sound advise provided by Ruthie, they took ZERO homeschool with them. As for me, I hope to do a lot of programming on side projects to keep myself out of trouble. I have been working on some new functionality for KamVu and continue work on both the volcano computer and the Python comic aggregation program.
September 15, 2004 – Homeschool in session
September 23, 2004 – Science experiments, the cats, and grammar