I missed two days in the blogosphere. We had a spontaneous getaway one day. And yesterday was packed with school meetings at Ian's school and business and quotes for a new front porch.

Ian's doing great academically. He could probably jump ahead a year in math. His speech is much better. It's becoming more clear that Ian's problem is audio processing. At this point, it's really his only problem. He doesn't understand everything he hears, but he's been compensating for years and hiding this problem from us. He's very good at guessing when people ask him questions. His speech therapist and teachers are working on it. When we mainstream him, we'll hold him back a year to give him a chance to catch up with the other kids.

I need to catch up right now, too. My inbox is stuffed, and the newspapers are still folded on the coffee table.