We have not fallen off the face of the earth, but have just been in full court press effort to redefine the odyssey. After a year of homeschooling and the lack of a predictably stable peer group of teens and 24/7 living on 44 feet, we all decided that a thought Nolan had a few years ago was worth pursuing. Kas met a staff member from the Midland School in Los Olivos, CA, at a green day fair in Seattle and thought the fit was perfect. Nolan and I flew out of Ua Pou, possibly the most beautiful airport in the world, to Papeete and then to California. Working with a consultant and doing due diligence considering other schools has been part of the process, but frankly synchronicity was clear from the start. Today he received his acceptance for the fall. We are happy. The rest of the day has been spent dealing with some monumental logistics and legalities; I have previously written a lot about our time in Polynesia but have not had a second to type it up here. When Joann at our bank in Seattle told me she checked the blog daily, I felt all-denominational guilt, so promise to write and put up pictures soon. Nolan even says he will blog from Midland. Our thoughts are with you all, as we run to the airport (after having locked the keys out of the car)....