Day 1382. It was a typical morning. After breakfast we dressed the kids, and at 9:30 am we left the house and walked to the subway. We don't usually go anywhere on Thursday (except for Sammy who has physiotherapy) but today was a holiday. My good friend gave me the gift of a carriage ride for my birthday a few weeks ago, and today was the day to do it. We rode the subway downtown, then walked up to St. Stephen's Cathedral, the heart of our city.

Day 1381. Yesterday I had a very tiring day. I taught from 2 to 6 pm, four straight hours with barely enough of a break to go to the bathroom. Then I made dinner and put the kids to bed and taught from 8 to 9 and 9:30 to 10:30 pm. I was pretty exhausted after that, but I have a passion for teaching and love it. I ended up going to bed just before 3 am.

Day 1379. Yesterday we finally had some time at home - at least until the afternoon. We were close to not going to church a second day in a row, but ended up going for the kids' sakes.

This morning Emmy kept coming to me, as usual, not letting me sleep, but asking for the crayons to do some drawing. I was too exhausted to get up and kept asking him to let me sleep.