Briefly:

At last we're getting some summer weather here. It's a pleasure to take the laptop outside and sit on the landing overlooking the courtyard. We even bought some comfortable folding chairs--the canvas ones that campers use, complete with a drink holder. I also have a thing called a lap desk. It's basically a cusion with a board and the top surface has plenty of room for my laptop, mini-planner, and cup of coffee. I can open the screen door and carry all those things effortlessly like a waiter through the kitchen door.

And I don't need the chair's drink holder because I carry an 18oz travel mug of coffee on that lap desk.

Also (and unrelated), Ximena and I are taking new tango lessons. It's all about foot dragging and foot knudging. Wink-wink. I can even practing alone by pushing a can of tuna along our tiny kitchen floor.