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So it’s done – I’m now fully cave certified.  In the last week, I racked up some pretty high numbers: 17 dives, spending slightly more than 20 hours under water, and swimming in the neighborhood of 19 to 20 miles.  Nothing like a lot of bottom time to build muscle memory. I had two purposes…

The trouble with ticks?  Last year, we had the very wonderful job of pulling two ticks out of Jake over the course of the year: one from his arm and one from his scalp.  This year however, we’re under siege. Whether or not it is the unseasonably warm weather or not, we’ve had the very…

I have never, ever … no wait … I have NEVER, EVER been in such traffic. I consider myself a pretty aggressive driver when I need to be, but getting in and around the city of Beijing is nothing short of hair-raising. I sit, clenched fists, white-knuckled as my driver (ummmm … make that professional…