Equal Time

Sam, Jack and Grace are sad.  They are sad because this blog has featured Olivia so prominently, they are aware that this blog was re-created to be a way for Olivia to keep up with what's going on at home whilst she is attending ASU, so very, very, very, very far away.  But they are feeling left out and second fiddleish.  So, in fairness, I am going to feature them more often, which will be the case anyway when Liv is gone. 

Jack had an adventure in foreign currency this weekend, he decided he had to have some trick wheels for his scooter before he leaves for Chelan on Friday so he ordered from the first website he found that supplied his desired items.  This website is based in the UK.  He put in his order and wondered why he wasn't offered free next day shipping like the offer stated.  Hmm.  He felt like he may have paid a little too much, but these particular tricked out wheels were so worth the $55.00 he would spend.  But wait, what is that little sign next to the 55?  It's weird looking, not like a dollar sign at all.  What could that be?  Well, what it was was a sign for the British Pound.  Oops.  I say, "I think the Euro and the dollar are pretty close, lets check a currency converter and see what the pound is doing".  Not good.  Not good at all.  It turns out 55 pounds equals about 88 dollars.  He canceled his order and learned that the internet can be tricky and evil. 

Grace has a new best friend named Henry.  Henry is two and a half years of chubby cuteness.  Henry's mom broke her ankle so Grace has been hanging out with Henry, keeping him busy, reading him stories, preventing him from running into the street, etc.  She takes this job very seriously, so seriously in fact that she worries about making any plans that might interfere with her Henry-watching.  "What will Henry do when we are on vacation next week?" she asks.  She is late for dinner every night on account of her responsibilities across the street.  She will be a fabulous student, wife, mother, friend, and employee...she takes her responsibilites very seriously.