Well, this is going to work out all right. I slept most of the day today, so I can stay up all night and sleep tomorrow and just sorta slide into my work schedule. At least, I hope that it works out that way.

Lacee stayed all night with us last night, as I mentioned. I went to bed about 02:30 and she and Karen were sound asleep. At 04:50, Lacee woke up screaming with the night terrors. It has been years since I had a kid do this, I believe that JD did it a couple of times, but I don't remember Tyler doing it. I remember one time as a kid doing it once, but I don't think it ever happened again. But I vividly remember that one time. Terrifying experience.

Anyway, she was inconsolable, as kids are in that situation. I think it starts off as a nightmare, but it's impossible for them to wake up completely. Anyway, Karen finally got her settled down and by that time Karen need to get ready to go to work, so I said that I'd take Lacee over to the babysitters' when she woke up.

Lacee woke up and wanted Gramma. Not Grampa. Definitely not grampa. Anyone but Grampa. So we had another half-hour of screaming before I got her settled down. Then she was just as sweet as pie, just like nothing had happened at all. Weird. I got her to the babysitters and she was just fine, but no goodby kiss for Grampa.

So I came home and went to sleep about 10:00. Karen woke me up at 18:00 and we ate and went out to the hot tub. Came back in and Karen went to sleep, and I came down to write this.

I'm going to be talking about the things that my brother Dan and I discussed for the next month, probably. For two guys that seldom see each other, we are very close. It really makes me feel good to know that. We will be seeing each other more frequently now... I plan to fly (shudder) out there sometime soon. Also, he has not had a browser-capable computer until now... it was delivered the day he left Oregon... and will soon be frequenting these pages. However, I don't plan to clean up my act any for his benefit. Karen's brother Chuck, in Arizona, has also discovered these pages. So I guess I had better not talk any more about my love life... just jokin', Chuck!

Actually, I wouldn't say anything here that I wouldn't say to anybody. Except my mother... she wouldn't approve of a lot of the things I say. I found myself biting my tongue frequently during this last visit. Not that I particularly need her approval for everything I do or say, it's just that it would make her unhappy. She pretty well knows how I feel about everything, particularly Xianity, so we just don't talk about it.

As I mentioned, we spent most of the day Sunday with my Aunt Ene and Uncle Eldon. The really sad thing about these people growing old is that I never got to know them better... and now I probably never will. They are delightful people. I will visit them more frequently. I go within fifteen miles of them when I go to visit Mom, but I very seldom stop because I want to spend four or five hours with them, and I never have the time. I will start making time.

Alethea, from Tracings, made me feel good about the sparsity of people on my notification list... she said that most people know that I write every day, anyway, so they just automatically look for the entry. I thought that was a very sweet thing to say!