the diss is done

it's been holiday-city over here lately. greg successfully defended his dissertation last week and we threw a big party, tent and keg and cake and all! sunday everyone left and it was very quiet and we couldn't quite remember what our routine was, but we're slowly getting back into it, except that william's bedtime has been pushed back about two hours (not ideal) and the mind requires a reluctant (because it's self-discipline after all) sort of mental push to reluctantly (again) admit that the dishes are still going to be there tomorrow if we don't do them ourselves. bother.
but anyway, it's exciting times with eventfulness on a pretty constant drip these days. more to come later.