rose: now that we're into october, i feel firmly established in our new routine. and i can confidently say, it's a good one. i'm really thankful. i do feel that every hour is occupied until 8 at night. it's full, but a good time of full.

thorn: eamon fell off his scooter the other day, and scratched up his face pretty badly. he's in rough shape. when i was a kid, i fell off my bike and scratched up my face about 4 times. so thankfully, i have personal experience that helps me not to worry when i see his damaged face. it has occurred to me though, that this isn't exactly normal, just because it happened to me a lot. we bumped into anne fisher at the grocery store, and she thought it was just marker at first. she looked quite surprised when i told her it wasn't.