From that Point Things Just Slid, Pell-Mell into the Ending.

The fulcrum of the day came between one and three in the afternoon for me: until that point the load, pressure, effectiveness and general zen factor of the day had been really good, afterwards -- less so. Shift One: Jaelyn's school called (Lynn took the call, I was in a meeting) because her sore throat had become intolerable; Shift Two: Jaelyn got a doctors appointment right away so I raced home to meet Addison off the bus in time for us to race back to the grocery store to get the ingredients for dinner and then get back in time to make dinner before Caleb had to race off to class.