Maria left for Prague with the boys last week. She’s teaching a class there this summer. They’ll be there for 7 weeks, and I’ll join them for the last 3 of those weeks. In the meantime, I’ve been busy destroying the house. In the evenings after work I’ve been dismantling one side of the kitchen, piece by piece. We’re taking down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room, and replacing it with a bar counter. So I’ve been taking down the cabinets, packing away all the dishes, food, and ap