Day 1235. This morning I set my alarm for 8:30, as Christine (Caritas) was coming at 9 am. I had gone to bed at 2:30, and it always takes me a little while to fall asleep. As you can imagine, I was pretty tired this morning and had to force myself out of bed. The kids were having breakfast, when Christine arrived.

Day 1234. Once again I had to set my alarm for 8 am this morning, and once again I was very tired, when it went off. Tammy was actually still asleep, while Randy was changing the boys' diapers. After breakfast, before it was even 9 am, the cleaning lady arrived, thank God. I was dressing the kids, when the doorbell rang again.

Day 1233. This morning I had set an alarm for 8 am, but Randy had a hard time getting up, and so it took us a while. And that's why it was 9:30 before I was ready to leave the house with Emmy. This time Tammy was also unhappy to stay behind but was not crying hard like last time.