Welcome to my October blog post, right on time on…November 1st. I’m posting late for all the usual reasons: this year being nuts, Teen 1 being deep in the college application process, and me suddenly being diagnosed with environmental allergies that are making my house pretty uncomfortable. Would you believe, it took nearly fifty years to learn that I’m allergic to CATS? It’s a scene, you guys.

However, I’m happy to report we are now through ten months of this crazy year, and only have two m...