Day 1965. At 6:45 am the alarm went off, and Randy got up to make breakfast. Sammy was too excited to eat anything. A little time later I also got up. I made the 8 sandwiches for our trip, then helped the kids get dressed. We were going to take the 8:50 train, but were already ready to leave the house by 8 am, and so we did.

Day 1964. Thank God the past night was better than the night before. But my first alarm already went off at 6:30 am. Randy got up and made breakfast, and I was able to get Tammy and Emmy up to go eat. At 7:30 my second alarm went off, but I was already on my feet before then. At 7:45 we all left the house together, over half an hour earlier than usual.

Day 1963. Yesterday morning I was glad that the previous night had been better, Emmy not coughing and twisting and turning all the time. Once they had left for kindergarten, I went back to bed and had some restful sleep. I knew it was my last chance to sleep in the morning before we leave on our trip.