I spent a significant amount of time lamenting my parental failures this weekend – swearing (and even bleeding) through an IKEA desk assembly project Friday night, heading toward the wrong park and dropping Neve off late for her soccer game Saturday morning, and generally failing to accomplish the productive weekend tasks I set out for (i.e., no grocery shopping was accomplished, laundry is still piled up, and my gas gauge is flirting with the empty light on the dash).

In the positive, Cary returned safely from Nashville – and I managed a timely arrival at PDX to retrieve him. We enjoyed some much needed one-on-one time Saturday night, and he got Neve’s desk assembled to completion. We also enjoyed a little family company Sunday and confirmed my 40th birthday party venue for a celebration to come in December. So that’s a wrap on this weekend for us. And for now, here’s to a great week!