The last couple months we have been preparing for a new arrival. No, not that kind, er, well, we’re getting an exchange student from Germany. She is the granddaughter of Jen’s host family from almost 15 years ago, and will be with us for the entire school year. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that Jennifer and I rattled around our in our spacious house, each having out own office and with a guest room to boot. Getting permission from the school district to even have the student was a minor miracle, but that’s a different story. Suffice it to say that we’re looking forward to the experience, but it promises to be challenging what with everything else we have going on.