I’m now in day two of not seeing my family at all. I’ve been able to get Skype to work, but it’s hard to keep the kids still long enough for me to see them. I had to do some shopping this afternoon after work to get some food and various misc. things, so I didn’t have much of a chance to look around. Tomorrow I hope to begin the quest to find a place for Melinda and the kids. I’m not optimistic though. I haven’t seen anything while I’ve been out and around, and I don’t know who I could call to ask. We shall see.

Jim and Paula have been crazy nice to me. They let me sleep downstairs (where it is cool, the ac is out), insist on making me dinner, and are just generally cool to hang out with. That makes it a lot better. I think I would have had a very dificult time being away from the rest of the Beastie House if I had to stay up here by myself.

I like Maryland so far, but the roads are crazy. It seems like every 3 miles there is some spaghetti junction action.