Sara and I agreed that we weren’t going to set an alarm to start the day, because it took Becca nearly 2 hours of intermittent crying to fall asleep. It meant we had a later start, but since we only had an eight hour drive to Sara’s Aunt’s house in Lake Havasu and no deadline

Considering that Becca didn’t start crying until 430am, you would think that I got a good nights sleep last night. I did not. The room across from ours also had a dog… so they all barked at each other. Rather incessantly. Until about midnight. Needless to say, neither Sara nor I slept

Today started off as expected: it was cold and there was ice on the car. Sara decided that she would drive first, since everything was covered in ice. It only lasted for about 30-45 minutes. From that point on, I drove. There was tons of black ice, but I knew it was there, which made

This morning started earlier than I was expecting. I thought Sara and I had agreed I would set my alarm for 5 am, but somewhere along the way Mike set his for 4am and Sara set hers for 430am. Needless to say, I got woken up at 430am. We packed the car, ditched some of

Becca is a baby. She cries, she sleeps, and she fills her diapers. Strangers don’t seem to bother her, nor do her parents make her happier. She breastfeeds without complaint, and is equally happy drinking from a bottle. I could tell you a great deal of clinical information about her, but it

Today marked the first day in a very long time that my to-do list didn’t begin with the Thai nationalism paper. It’s possible I could be asked to take another look at the material at some point, but I’m enjoying being done with it for now and getting to read other things. In