Day 2077. After a way too short night, I was not happy this morning, when the kids wouldn't let me sleep. As most mornings, they were fighting with each other and then running to me crying and asking for help. At 9:30 am my alarm went off, and I had no choice but to get up, tired or not. I got ready to leave the house, made sure the kids were ready, and at 10 am we left.

Day 2076. On Wednesday all the kids went back to their kindergartens, so I got to go back to sleep for a little bit after they had left. At 10:40 am I got and got ready for my 11:15 student. I taught until 12:30, then Randy returned with Sammy. I had asked Randy to get Sammy a little earlier so that he'd return earlier with Tammy and Emmy, so Randy left right away to get them.

Day 2073. I was looking forward to sleeping in on Sunday, but Randy was working upstairs, and so the kids made lots of noise being upstairs. Eventually I got up to cook, then we sat down to eat. I needed to write a newsletter about what was going on in Mali, which takes concentration and a few hours of time.