The scouts are camping tonight and I have a migraine. Philosophy and migraines don't mix, but if I close my eyes halfway, I can pretend time is standing still. Embrace the pain. Live in the moment. But don't close your eyes because it'll hurt when you open them again. Just halfway. Pink Floyd moment, sorry.

The boys, they're not babies anymore, Sam and Nathan went to sleep right on time. Dinner, a bath, and bed. Worked like magic, even though Nathan had a nap this afternoon. We walked our neighbor's dogs this afternoon, though it feels like I'm pulling 4 puppies on leashes, not just two. It's kind of funny, unless the medication hasn't kicked in yet. The dogs can unwind themselves when they get all tied up in the leash but Nathan and Samuel always send me to my knees when they get tied up in the leash. True, they're holding me around the knees, so it makes sense that when they lose their balance, I have nowhere to go but down. Samuel painted the swing in mud today, and his clothes, hands, and ears. We've had to water the yard for 3 weeks now, so the mud was inevitable. But the weather has been unbelievable! Blue skies, light breezes, and sun, sun, sun! I got out my tanning moisturizer two months early (to take the edge off my fluorescent legs) so I could wear my capris without injuring anyone with glare-sensitive eyes.

So the scouts went camping tonight. You should know that I feel really loved, not abandoned, because the scouts went camping tonight. Allen's the scoutmaster, so he's in charge of the scout calendar. They were originally scheduled to camp next weekend to make up for a campout that had to be cancelled in April. Next weekend, I was hoping all of us would be in Utah to visit my parents for a couple of days before Allen had to be back in CO for the quarter close starting April 1. A couple of weeks ago, I brought up the conflict in family council (highly recommend) and Allen started right then to talk about rescheduling the campout. He also has a court of honor this weekend, which means shopping for badges and arranging reviews, so this was not an easy weekend to have a campout. But he was willing to do it so we could all drive to Utah in a week. Isn't he great?! Sigh. I feel loved.

Marion's theater career is off to a flying start! She played the China Princess in OZ!, her middle school's musical this semester. She was a principal throughout one whole scene, even though she didn't have a song. Several parents told me what a good job she did, how cute her actions were and beautiful she was. Marion says, "I look like a creeper in my white makeup, dark black eyes, and really itchy and uncomfortable wedding dress." I think she looked very expressive. I'll post pictures soon.