Adventures in La La Land

1. This week I bought an ear wax removal kit that comes with a camera. I've been having a problem with my left ear continually feeling "clogged." I wasn't sure if it was actually an ear wax problem, or something more internal, but I got fed up enough that I decided to spend the $20 on an Amazon special. It was fascinating . After I finished (and replaced the disposable cap on the end of the tool), I made each of my family members try it too. To no one's surprise, Justin's ears were already clean. Lena and Levi were both too squeamish about sticking the tool deep enough in their ears for me to see anything.  And Lucy said, "yeah, no." But I greatly enjoyed seeing the inside of my own ears. Also, apparently my blockage problem really was just wax because it hasn't bothered me at all since I scooped out all that grossness. Oops. I'm disgusting. (Title of my memoir) 2. Lena had two games this week - both in Timbuktu and on the same night and time...

Oops. I skipped last week. Time to catch up.  1. Let's see . . . first we had a tornado. Or at least something tornado-adjacent. The sirens were blaring, but the intrepid weatherman assured us that the actual tornado was in a different part of our county. So we stood at the window in our second story living room and watched the storm whip through, like any reasonable Midwesterner would. Our next door neighbors and everyone to the north of them in our town lost power, but we did not! The power was also out at school, so we had an unexpected day off on Monday!  To celebrate, we went to Altitude with some cousins. And since Altitude shares a parking lot with Outback, where my mom happened to be working, we hopped over there (like kangaroos - get it?) for lunch. Libby was there too, but I inadvertently cut her out of the picture. Sorry, Lib! 2. Tuesday was Lena's first soccer game. She's playing on the middle school team at school this year, and as a 6th grader with zero playin...