incognito

Add a long weekend in Omaha together with three nights of class back home and I've been away for a while. Laurel participated in her first wedding last Saturday. Her Uncle Geoff got married and she performed in the much acclaimed role of "flower girl". Since it was an Autumn wedding she was more of a "leaves-from-the-cornucopia" girl; either way, the Academy loved her. The snap above is her in fancy dress (sans accessories) the morning of the wedding. I'd taken her to the salon to get an 'up-do' that morning...amazing to see her whole face since she's very unwilling to have her hair up. We saw a movie, made salmon and pototoes, did her homework, practiced her clarinet, played games of chess, and generally had a hoot. She's just a hair shy of five feet tall, greatly enjoys school, and is more than happy to do whatever's on the agenda...such a great one. Funny thing about chess...she plays just like me. This isn't meant to be a genome discussion, but we both tempt the other into crazy moves that lead to seriously imbalanced play. Get the queen out, bring the bishops, rooks, knights...jailbreak! The pawns are merely in the way. One game she took my queen as I lost focus on what was happening, I got her back, then lost her, then got her back. Kasparov never got his queen back twice in one game. I guess we're better players; maybe we're more fun.