March 27th, 2003

In a moment I will be jumping into the shower. There’s a long, long day ahead of us. We’re going out to Virginia for our friend Jerm’s wedding. Sophia will be taking her second plane ride ever, and her first with all the new security measures. Last time she was so small that the vibrations of the engine put her to sleep for most of the ride. Now she’s a rambunctious toddler, and I’m not sure containing her will be easy. At any rate, the flurry of new speedy updates is going to be at an end until I return, I’m afraid, unless I can manage to get to an internet cafe or a library (don’t count on it). My beloved iBook would normally be right there with me but since I busted the charger (enabling my first encounter with exorbitant Mac hardware prices, I’ve been quoted everything from 120 to 180 dollars to replace it) and I have a loaner from UserFriendly (my local apple oriented store), I’m afraid to go gallivanting about the country with it. To be accurate, Sophia busted the charger when I carelessly left the laptop in a place which enabled her to knock it over and get the charger pin hopelessly bent. I have quite a number of things to do before we leave the house in about 90 minutes, so even though I have a number of things I’d like to write about Sophia just now, it’s going to have to wait. I hope everyone finishes out the week well and has a good weekend.

Maybe I’ll take my paper journal!

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