Day 2322. It's been a quiet first three days of the New Year, being at home for most of the time. We've still been battling this virus, some being more sick than others, and all the kids and I coughing a lot. Only Randy left to run to the grocery store on Friday morning, and this afternoon we went to church together.

Day 2319. On Tuesday Randy had to get up early and leave the house with Sammy at 8:30 am so they could get to his 9:30 am appointment across town. They had made a corsett and full-length leg braces for him and needed to put them on to see whether there were any pressure points they needed to fix.

Day 2317. I could have slept in but was up early after all, trying to get work done. It was the tooth pain that had gotten me up early. We ate lunch, then we left the house at 1:15 pm. This time it was not a surprise where we were going. I had been telling them about "The Magic Flute" for years, and now the time had finally come for them to watch it.