Goodie, goodie, goodie! Tomorrow Cory is taking both kids - I repeat, both kids - to the library. That means I'll get a half hour at least completely to myself! Wow. That hasn't happened in nearly seven months. I remember when Accalia was around six months and Cory started taking her places for a short time (as long as she was comfortable being away from me), and I spent most of the time sitting in a chair wondering what to do with myself. Here's what I'm going to do tomorrow. I'm going to read the Sunday paper as much or as little as I want. I'm going to sit and play piano. Those are two things that I haven't been able to do without children on or near me since I can't remember.

So, while I'm looking forward to such a frivilous and self-involved thing, I have one cousin somewhere in Iraq (last we heard he was in Kuwait moving that way). Hopefully all is well with him. He's young - maybe 20 now - and became engaged a short time ago. Another cousin is heading to Kuwait in the next few days. Prayers are greatly appreciated for Jonathan and Chris.