Dear Wyatt,
Today was a good day. Today was a solidly good day, during which your mother saw Hamlet, your father worked and sent some emails, Maude dragged herself to work, and the house next door went on sale.
I do not stutter, sir! Maggie’s house is for sale. Tomorrow we call and tour. Tomorrow I text HUSBAND. It feels too good to be true. It’s not real.
Other stuff that happened: I went to Hamlet with REDACTED and SON OF REDACTED, who bolted after the first act. The guy who played Hamlet was not fun to watch, and we all missed seeing Timothy Chalomet in that role.
On the way to Hamlet the subway just crapped out totally and I had to take a cab. I haggle with the driver, think he is ripping me off, realize he is not, apologize and then we have a lovely talk. I barely make it to my seat and then we’re deep into poor Hamlet’s life.
I’d like to propose that Hamlet should be a little hotter and a little older that this kid, like I would take Owen Wilson even, at his current age. I just did not like Hamlet at all. Is that the point? Don’t put this on a kid, or maybe that’s the point? It’s just an awful situation to be in.
There are many things about Hamlet to appreciate but a good one is just listen for the cliches. They are everywhere and my brain kept ticking off, cliche cliche cliche and then I realized that Hamlet was the source of the cliches. When the guy wrote Hamlet, he thought of the cliches himself!
Besides that, there is a sword fight and a poisoning and some revenge and some paid nerds from nerdville. Very long. Could use editing and streamlining.

We have all the windows open to catch the cool breeze.

On the way home from Hamlet, I reconnected with Gary across and up the street. I met his wife and daughter a few weeks ago after a PTA event, after a guy just made me very mad and kind of ruined the vibe and PREVENTED me from befriending this one woman. Sorry, I’m just out of practice with managing unpleasant people.
But on the way home I met Gary’s family and they were so nice and I’ve been stalking the house a little. I gave them that stupid busybody card and said come over for a drink.
I need new cards that say NEIGHBOR on them.
So your room is super clean. The new cleaning person is a genius. We will keep you informed as to the house next door. No kittens are here yet but I’m perusing sites for kitties. No news for you.
I am concerned about working too much and having no fun in the rest of my life. But that’s not your problem.
We love you!
Crunch crunch
mom