My family is truly mad. I am pretty sure anyone who has ever met them knows this, but nonetheless. It is, on occasion, disconcerting.

It is also counterproductive to any sense of practicality one may unwittingly, or more appropriately, pitifully, try to impose.

And when trying to plan a schedule from 3,000 miles and in need of some assistance it is most exceedingly vexing.

le sigh.