Quote of the Day, actually from last week: "We are all calabazas (Spanish for "pumpkins") and our intestines are two candles."

2:59 pm: BOTH OF MY CHILDREN ARE ASLEEP, AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM IS ON OR IN MY BODY!

What am I going to do with this time? Laundry? Dishes? Dusting? NO. I am sipping cocoa. I am writing. I am experiencing life as it was BEFORE. I am waiting to hear the inevitable...ah, there it is. The cooing of the wee, wee one. Back to reality.