February 19, 2001 — Mudeif Productions

Monday, Monday. Elizabeth's schedule of English story mid-term exams continued. It was Marthame's first day without classes, but he was at school more than normal, taking care of several other projects, including applications for two teachers to spend part of the summer at a conference in Boston.

And now, for the car, it's out! We reversed the thing all the way across the fields (had sunshine all day long), so now it's just a matter of getting all the mud out from around the tires. Fortunately, with the hydraulics, we'll just jack the puppy up until we get it washed. The kids around our building get a kick out of the lift ("Raise it! Raise it!"), which hopefully will keep scratching rocks away from the paint job.

In the evening, we got ready for our trip and took care of some waiting tasks - Marthame went to our seven year-old friend's birthday party, while Elizabeth cooked up the first mushroom from her Christmas present mushroom kit.