Day 1861. I was looking forward to sleeping in this morning, but of course, there's lots of action until Randy takes them downstairs and I still get to sleep a little more. Today I woke up with Emmy next to me as well as Tammy, and Emmy slept unusually long, until nearly 7:45 am. I got some more sleep, then got up being very tired.

Day 1860. We knew we had a long and intense day ahead of us. At 10 am we all left the house and took the subway downtown, then walked to their music school, where we arrived on time. It was the third session of this semester, and the second with the new teacher, as he was out of town last week. The founder and director of the school had substituted for him and had done an outstanding job.

Day 1858. What a crazy day! Randy took the kids to kindergarten in the morning, while I lay back down to sleep.  I got up at 11 and soon went to the kitchen to start making chicken noodle soup. Randy got some rest, which he needed, and I woke him up just after noon to go pick up Sammy.