I worked until 6 today trying frantically to finish up a project that was due. I have a dozen others yapping at my heels, vying for attention. I wrote yesterday that I have work on the brain, but I didn’t realize how bad it was until this evening. Farmor and farfar picked up the kids after school so I felt able to stay late and work. Anders also worked a little late. He called me once during the day today to ask me for Martin’s person-number* and I called him once to talk to him about how to divide up the day on Friday since Karin’s daycare is closed and we had to make arrangements.<\/p>\n
His parents fixed dinner for him and the kids and I ate after I got home. They left soon afterwards, and I finished a book during the half hour until it was time to start the bedtime routine. We got kid teeth brushed and kid pajamas on, and then I read 2 stories to Martin and Karin, and then Anders walked them on the tops of his feet into their bedrooms, one at a time. We each bent over each child in turn and said our goodnight ritual: Goodnight, sleep tight. I love you. See you in the morning.<\/i> A hug. A kiss. Lights out.<\/p>\n
“I’m so tired,” I groaned. Anders rubbed my shoulders for a moment. “I have to work and all I really want to do is sleep.” He told me to blow it off, but of course I couldn’t. We talked for a few minutes about scheduling logistics, then he headed out to the garage to finish some last minute work on the motorcycle before its inspection tomorrow, and I sat down in front of the computer and proceeded to finish up my Mosaic Minds<\/a> and AWC<\/a> responsibilities. I answered some overdue emails, and then I relaxed a little and opened a web browser window to catch up on what my friends have been up to during the day.<\/p>\n