I often have said that my life is like a sitcom, with a twist. While in a sitcom there usually are three different storylines running through a half-hour show, each relating to different characters, with me the three storylines usually all involve me and each can get me spinning in a new direction. Sometimes the three scenes get doubled, like today!

I need school to end. You know the Paul Simon song "Kodachrome"? I feel like I am living it through my older son, who was in his last week of classes at high school this week. He is beyond "senioritis" and on to "checked out." The other day he left for school at 8, which would have been wonderful except school starts at 7:30. I am all for revising the school calendar right now, so it goes something like: Start school after Labor Day (which we already do). Skip Teacher's Convention in November since we already have Thanksgiving vacation. Do two weeks off for Christmas. Four days off in February. A week of spring break. And school over by the Friday after Memorial Day.

My L.A. trip was a weekend of nonstop running. Breakfasts on Friday and Saturday morning were at the ungodly hour (at least to me) of 8AM. I know traffic in the city can be out of control, so I was up and out by 7:15. Both days as I drove down Wilshire there was a steady stream of...green lights. Seriously. It's like the city managers know I was born late --- and always run late --- and they had the green lights going like my own little red carpet. Thus I was --- and a drumroll here please --- early both mornings!

Happy summer! While May in New York was very cool, this week has been screaming "summertime" with very hot weather. My sons still are in school, but their heads are on vacation. I am sure that many of you know what that feels like. It's soooo hard to concentrate when it is this nice outside! So I am glad to share that we have plenty of cool reads this month on Kidsreads.com.

Happy summer! While May in New York was very cool, this week has been screaming "summertime" with very hot weather. My sons still are in school, but their heads are on vacation. I am sure many of your kids know what that feels like. It's soooo hard to concentrate when it is this nice outside! So I am glad to share that we have plenty of cool reads this month on Kidsreads.com.