When we came home from our vacation, we discovered that we had had visitors: apparently, we had both mice and ants setting up shop while we were gone. So today, I had to evacuate the apartment while the exterminator did his magic. It involved an afternoon at my mom’s, playtime in a park, and dinner at the restaurant with my boys. I would have stayed at my mom’s, but with she has gone off on a vacation while her kitchen is getting retiled.

It was all nice and fun until the boys were tired and the restaurant service slow.