Oh no! I am so far behind! Gonna give you a huge anthology post to catch up. tl;dr: When the post begins, it’s over a week ago, and Kina and her mother have returned to Manila from the islands. By the end, she’s a third-grader.

Sep 2: Publisher Thanks Mommy for Planning Trip, Declares It “Best Two Weeks of My Life”

At this point, Kina’s barely halfway and already it’s the best two weeks of her life.

Sep 3: My Melody Goes Missing, Hotel Is Put On Lockdown

The squishmallow was found, but the entire hotel staff was on the case.

The next two editions were drawn by our Asia Bureau Chief (Laurea) while Daddy furiously hosted Lead Dev NY. We thank her for taking on this additional duty.

Sep 4: Country Club Outing Rained Out So Kid Goes to Festival mall for Ferris Wheel, Bumper Cars, and Train with Tita Connie

As you can see, Laurea was using colored pencils. A bold move not tried since early 2020.

Sep 5: Kid Prepares for Monica & Miles Wedding

Note the twin beds.

Sep 6: The Wedding!

Note the conference reference at bottom right, in which I forced the entire room of engineering managers to guffaw at Kina’s joke.

Sep 7: Publisher En Route to Western Hemisphere

Paalam is farewell.

Sep 8: Publisher Suffers Myriad Trivial Indignities of JFK Airport

They came home! They did it!

Sep 9: “Okay! I’m Done! I’m Going To Bed!”

So say we all.

Thank you for your patience during this break in our publishing calendar. The newspapers went out, but only to my dining room table.

The publisher is home. Long live the publisher.

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