Day 1996. This morning I helped get the kids ready for kindergarten, then lay back down. But not feeling so well, I had a hard time sleeping as well and got up earlier than I needed to, half an hour before my alarm went off. I then slowly got ready for my 11 am student and taught until noon. Then I started cooking and finished before Randy and Sammy got home.

Day 1995. This morning I told Emmy to let me know when Daddy was sitting at the table for breakfast, and he did. I then got up, got the cake from the balcony and put candles and a "Happy Birthday" sign on it. Then I lit the candles and carried the cake to him, singing "Happy Birthday". I had wrapped the kids' gifts and mine last night, and he opened them.

Day 1994. Yesterday was our one Saturday with nothing going on in the morning and early afternoon, thanks to this past week having been semester break so that all classes were paused. Once the kids had gone downstairs with Randy, it was finally quiet enough for me to get some more sleep. Eventually I got up to make lunch, then they came upstairs, and we sat down to eat.