tonight was rough for my little ones! rowan banged his forehead on the side of the coffee table, and now has a horizontal red and blue knot on his noggin. he held his breath for about a minute, then let out an ear-piercing wail. i almost cried too! then, not 30 minutes later, micah, josh and mia (our 7-year-old pit bull) were playing ball together, and mia jumped up to bat the ball and accidentally dragged one of her claws down the side of micah's face. she missed micah's eye by a fraction of an inch. now micah has a large, red vertical welt starting at the corner of her right eye, all the way down to her chin, and down her neck onto her chest. she howled too, of course, and didn't want to go near mia for a while. once she'd calmed down, we encouraged her to pet and snuggle with the dog to assuage any fear or anxiety. they're back to being friends and playmates. we could tell mia felt horribly about what she'd done; as soon as it happened, mia leapt up onto the couch and curled up into a ball with her face buried in the corner. poor girl! she was quaking like a leaf when micah and i sat down next to her later; she thought she was in big trouble. she is the greatest dog ever.

josh made the yummiest cheeseburgers tonight, and we had more of the sour cream & chive mashed potatoes on the side. josh had a root beer, and i had some pomegranate blueberry juice. micah helped me eat my burger and potatoes. rowie was already asleep when we ate; his supper was a banana, some cheese crackers, and some of the pomegranate blueberry juice watered down even further from the 4 cans of water i mix it with, instead of 3. so his juice tasted like water with a blueberry squished in it. he didn't complain.

oh, josh got a job today!! yippee! it's been three long weeks of job searching and living off of our wonderful relatives' gracious assistance. josh is going to be driving a delivery truck for a paint manufacturing warehouse, right down the street from our house. it doesn't pay much, so he'll have to work another job at night, but... hey, it's a paycheck! we're grateful and excited!

i miss my sister, naomi, like a banshee tonight. she is one of my best friends in the whole universe, and she is too far away from me (even though on she's only in austin!). josh and micah are watching the dick van dyke show in the other room, and it's making me think of her big time...