Hello! Thanks for the kind words.

Had a court date on Monday -- just to rubber stamp our custody agreement and make it official in the eyes of the court -- week with the boys, then a week without. Change on Fridays 5pm, delivered to the parent's house who will have the boys that week. Rotating holidays and all that. But that is just the framework -- we are free to make whatever arrangements we both agree to. Like the 9 days I just had the boys over their Spring break -- they went with me to Yosemite while I taught a workshop there.

So the first part of the divorce went fairly smoothly. Now it is the property division, which will be a source of greater disagreement. I guess community property is not all that simple of a concept that I had imagined.

The new place has not seen much change -- still has that "moving in" feel. Since I moved in, I have had to prepare for the workshop, then gone 9 days for the workshop. I have another workshop on May 7,8 and 9 up in Oregon -- so my time has to be in preparation for that, and preparing for a show of my work in Hayward, CA. Busy busy busy!

Got to get a phone, too. Evil things, phones. Oh, well. The Yosemite workshop was a good escape from all this divorce stuff, but of course it was waiting patiently for me...pouncing on my head as soon as I got into range.

Vaughn