Happy for the week to be over.

I have had a much better couple of days. David has been home for two straight nights from work and he's taking an extra one tonight, and having the regular time together has been a nice change. The girls have also been busy the past two nights, and so have been around less. We also got out of the house & played games over at Angie and Carlos' place with a couple other people so we felt like we were doing something other than parenting and sleeping during the week. And finally, I have had about eight hours sleep a couple days in a row and it has been marvelous.

It just all further confirmed - not that I needed it to be, really - that my malaise is easily soothed by changes in my environment and behavior and I will just keep focusing on that. I also feel better because the temperature dropped and it was actually about 50 degrees today. Cooler weather always perks me up.

I have one more thing to finish here at work and then I am leaving. I am actually excited about having a Friday night with David. We don't have plans, but that feels pretty nice too. We'll have dinner with the girls and then I'm sure they will go out, and we can come up with something.

Did you know kids in Dallas get all of Thanksgiving week off these days? That seems excessive, given that they will have a two week vacation in a mere three weeks! Hopefully they will be out and keeping themselves busy a lot.

And also: barring anything happening with the girls or our car, I'm definitely driving to St. Louis for Thanksgiving. I'll do the entire haul on Wednesday, then decide if I'm doing the whole thing back on Sunday or splitting it over Sat/Sun or Sun/Mon. It's far to drive, but it will be good for me to have a few days with friends and Philippino food. Mmmmmm.