Really, you are more than old enough to grow up. Really. Jealousy over such little things is stupid, and is further affecting my already dim view of you. Give it up already.

Trick for getting a sleeping kid to not wake up when putting him down, as into a car seat or crib: Support his head. Don't let his neck muscles suddenly wake up. That's my secret for how I can almost always put babies down without them waking up when they fall asleep in my arms. Not that difficult. It's not that they actually wake up easier as they get older, but that people don't support their heads, because they can hold them up themselves now. But I guess I have been taking care of kids for 12 years now. One would hope I've learned something in all that time.

Next fall? Really. Wow, I really am going to take at least four classes total from her. By the end of this I should be really good at writing papers for her anyways...

June or September? That is the question. And then I'm really torn.

And the funny statement of the week? "April, you dress like a middle-aged soccer mom." Now, I have been told a lot of things about my appearance over the years, but that was definitely a new one. Right up there with "You look like you belong in Seattle." No, not from the same person. Thankfully.