I'm tired.

Really, really tired.

Marc's been gone for the entire week. In the past months, he's also been gone for two smaller chunks of time. I don't sleep well when he's absent, and my strategy is typically to stay up as late as I possibly can so I'll fall asleep as soon as I hit the sheets. In the morning, though, I regret this, as the boys get up at 7:00 am no matter what time I went to bed. It's not even light out here at 7:00 am. Ugh.

I've wanted to blog all week but have just sat in front of the keyboard, staring at the monitor. I have every intention of typing, but just end up saying, "sigh... another time....."

So tonight all I have is a video of my oldest playing piano. He recently moved up to the next level book, and this was one of the first songs he was assigned.




Also.... a scary clown. :)




When we lived in Sheboygan, this picture was posted in the local McDonalds. It scared the two littles every time we saw it. So when we visited that particular McDonalds, I'd have to distract them as we walked by: "Ooooh! Look at that picture of an old car waaaaay over there on that wall! Isn't that neat?"

You would think the artist would have tried to make Ronald look more friendly and less...well... creepy.

This fall we visited Sheboygan, and I went in specifically to snap this picture. According to the staff, I'm not the only one who's done so.

They also confided that at Christmastime, they cover it in gift wrap and bows, so they don't have to look at it.