The bad news: I threw out my back playing basketball by myself. (I'm old).

The good news: none.

The good news: I got accepted into the PhD program at (un-named Southern) university.

The bad news: none.

Sarah and I went to Washington D.C. this weekend to visit some friends. We had fun catching up, doing touristy stuff, and taking in the 'free' museums (our tax dollars at work).

The actual trip part, on the other hand, was really not fun. About 300 miles into the drive there, the car decided that it didn't want to go much farther, and it threw some sort of a temper-tantrum: every time we used an electrical device (e.g., blinkers, air conditioning, radio, windows, cruise control, windshield wipers, headlights, etc.), the car stalled.

Despite some harrowing moments (going through a tunnel when I couldn't stop the lights from coming on--stupid smart automatic lights), we did make it there, and all the way back home, safely. God is good.

Now I'm just waiting for a replacement car to show up on our doorstep. This one has messed with me for the last time.

The new addition to the family. He was 7 lbs, 19 and 3/4 inches. More pictures available on Sarah's facebook account.

One of our cats (Mrs. Hufflepuff) was sleeping on the sill of an open upstairs window, enjoying the warm sunlight and gentle breeze, when a crow buzzed by and squawked five or six times in her face. I'm pretty sure she almost peed herself as she tried to escape from/eat the bird she never actually saw. Hilarious.