Today was a strange day, all things considered - prosaic to the nth degree. I started the day rather unpleasantly, getting doped up by the dentist so he could fix an old filling. The half-numb-face sensation is not a favorite of mine, especially when it's underestimated and leads to a mis-swallow of coffee. Oops. I spent the day at home, handling a bunch of those stray tasks that accumulate over the course of months. I occupied most of the morning playing with Vivi while Shannon visited Julia's preschool class; the poor baby was a weepy mess due to a low-level cold and more teething, but gamely played hide-and-seek for a while and then colored with me at the easel.
After Shannon and Julia returned, it was quick-fast through lunch and early naps for both girls. Check email, do some online teaching, and suddenly they were both up, and the delivery guy was here with the replacement for our defective dining table. Shannon headed off to an appointment and I set up the "new" table, then played with girls. Dinner reached the table soon enough, then shifted to bathtime and bedtime for Vivi. Julia and I made some "books" with markers and office paper (video forthcoming), and then she went off to bed, too. A nice long ski in the Arb numbed my whole face but felt great otherwise. Home, laundry and dishes, shower, blogging. Not exactly taxing, as days go, and nothing to write home about, but well worth posting on a blog.