Family Life

I’m sitting in a hotel room, connected to “high speed” internet. It’s slower than dial-up. Most web sites eventually time out. I’ve been trying to log on to Family Life for a while, and I’ve finally gotten in. There are no images. No background. Just text. So no decorative photo today. (UPDATE: I added this photo the next day)

We shipped the last of my gaggle of machines on Friday, and I’m at the customer’s factory doing the installation today and tomorrow. So far things are going well. Somewhat better than expected, in fact. I’ll be home tomorrow evening. If things go really well I’ll be home before the boys are in bed. But it’ll probably be later than that.

I miss my family. I phoned home and talked to Debbie for half an hour. The boys were grumpy all day, went to bed early, but woke often with moans and groans. While I was on the phone I got the trifecta: all three boys crying at once. At 11pm, you know it’s going to be a looong night. I felt badly for Debbie and for the boys, not being there to help. At the same time I felt relief that at least I would get a good night’s sleep. And then I felt guilty for thinking that. It looks like the boys are suffering the effects of the weekend commotions and unfamiliar food.

Micah has his immunization shots tomorrow. Looks like it’ll be another crazy day for poor Mum.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 17th, 2007 at 11:04 pm. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. Both comments and pings are currently closed.