Our month long visit with Kyle has come to an end all too quickly. Winter break is over and he returns to Santa Clara, minus four wisdom teeth, for a new term which begins tomorrow. He spent a good deal of time with Hannah, on her break from Emory, who we have missed as well. He also spent a good bit of time working on setting up his business for the summer. During the fall term he completed the acquisition of a company called Cheap Summer Help and is using much of what he learned from its prior owner to refine his own business model. It is fun to see him applying what he is learning in college to the real world so soon and I believe his experience with Yard Dogs has increased his appreciation for the value of what he is learning. Carrying on a long family tradition, Maya, Nico and I ran after the car waving goodbye as Jeanine drove him to the airport. We are already looking forward to visiting him in February for parents weekend.

Later in the day Jeanine assisted me as I cut a larger opening in our granite kitchen island counter top to accommodate a new gas range. She tented me with a sheet to help contain the fine dust produced by the stone saw and recharged a sponge with cold water which I used repeatedly to cool the blade. The fit was perfect and the rest of the installation went quickly. The same cannot be said for the cleanup which fell largely to Jeanine and will continue for several more days as we continue to locate more dusty surfaces.