coffee, essays & "The Office"

~We're finishing up our first week of September, not a cool breeze or drop of rain yet, but hope springs eternal... I'm happy for the shop's first shipment of autumn coffees. Pumpkin Harvest blend puts me in the spirit mentally anyway.
We're also finishing up the first week of school. (Marianna, Annie and Jedd did end up coming back home) Annie has realized that the video courses for Algebra 2 and World History weren't going to work for her, so last night we ordered different curriculum and added a few new things for both she and Jedd.
~Emma is doing fine. She's turned in her 2nd college assignment and is contemplating a topic for her research paper. It has to be a persuasive argument on a subject within her home county (sic) OR a totally different country. Which is more difficult than it would seem. For instance the idea of writing on whether or not New Orleans should be rebuilt with government dollars would be a great paper written from either viewpoint. But...since it's not a foreign country or Emma's home county, it's not allowable.
~On a different note...I have finally seen the bottom of my dirty laundry basket. The problem now is that the clean laundry basket at the foot of the dryer is now overflowing...
~Our living room at this moment is also overflowing in the happiest way...with children. The twins talked Thom (at a weak moment) into buying the Season Three Office episodes on DVD which came out this past Tuesday. They've hoarded it until tonight and now are having a marathon 9 hour viewing with friends. They forced me to eat choclate covered ice cream and watch it with them, but after 2 hours I had to seek shelter in another room. Yes, I love The Office as much as the anyone, but I'm old and need to move my muscle-spasmed legs occasionally. Plus the crash from the chocolate was making me nod off....