I'll get to the pic in a minute. The first of week of school is coming to a close. Soren's 14 hour days were a baptism by fire back into public school/sports and he is enjoying it, eventhough he says his legs feel like jello during LA due to the 2hr football practice he has first period (FYI Texans breathe footballs to live). Ellery's teacher is going on maternity leave soon and will be out for a few months (she had a similar situation last year) so the principal decided to move her to a class with unimpregnated teachers and so she can be clustered with other GATES kids. Ellery is adjusting slowly--she wouldn't get out of the car today because she liked the first teacher best. "Why did she have to go and get pregnant?" she says to me. Ellery is a conservative child--she likes to know what the rules are so that she can follow them--She's pretty eventempered but this change has thrown her for a loop. Welcome to life my daughter.
Now for the pic. This Dutch girl wants to sail her yacht, Guppy (I love naming inanimate objects!), on a 2 year solo trip and break the world record. What a freaking awesome WASP girl. I am wondering how to prepare enough fresh food for Soren on his long days-can you imagine packing a 2 year lunch for this Norse goddess of the sea? I can totally see both sides of the debate--the state says it's too dangerous (What Amsterdam, you'll let her smoke hash and dance on poles for $ in a few years but you'll draw the line at sailing for passion?) and she might come home wacked from so much isolation-if she comes home at all. Her dad, who was a 12 year old solo sailor himself, says she can do it. Look at her in the eyes. What if she could do it? And aren't we all wacked anyway? Still, if something happened to her and she didn't return--the heartbreak. I can't decide.
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