Gosh, it's been kind of a strange and stressful day for me. I have a ton of stuff to do for La Leche League, and I got my personal correspondence with several Applicants taken care of today, but I'm going to have to set aside a block of time this weekend to work on the session I'm giving at Leader Day in November. Hopefully it'll be nice enough for Cory and the kids to go to a park for a while.

This morning, a post-loss Cory said he has to get to a happier place now that the Cubs' season is finished. He said he had lost perspective of what it means to be a Cubs fan - "always being disappointed."

We had a bunch of errands to run this morning. After we left the post office, I was driving through the construction zone that has been our main thoroughfare through town since the beginning of summer. There was an oversized load ahead of me - a truck carrying a combine - and he was speeding through the construction. He came to a metal sign weighed down with sandbags and clipped it. He didn't even slow down. And here I was behind him with this sign flipping up and over into the single lane of traffic. Thankfully it didn't go far enough out that I couldn't quickly swerve around it without hitting anyone. I would have gotten his license and called the police, but he didn't have a license plate on the back and I wasn't able to catch up with him.

When we were at Wal-Mart, a man in his 40s or 50s came up to me as I was pushing our cart to the checkout lane. "Good gracious!" he said. "Don't tell me you are the mother of these children! I'd swear you were their big sister!" I smiled, thanked him and moved on. I don't think the man was completely all there, but it was still a very sweet thing to say - something no one has ever said to me since I became a mother. Not that they have any reason to! I think I pretty much look my age - 27 - which is well within the normal age range for motherhood.

Both kids just had a splashy, warm bubble bath, and I'm going to turn over the computer to Accalia: "I want to play Barbie!" And I think I'll try to get Cole to sleep soon.