H just got another role, this one a major lead, as Margaret in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof", being put on up in Blaine. She's very excited about it. Her rehearsal schedule will be five nights a week for 3 hrs for a month and a half.

M&N start rugby tomorrow. They liked it enough last week that they want to sign up for the 8 week class. I think they'll have a lot of fun with it. S really wants to play too, but has to wait until she's 5, even though last week when we were there for the mini-jamboree she played with the under-8's and did just fine with her catching and throwing and running. I told her that I'd be her coach until she's old enough.

Met a guy at Dylan's 5yr birthday party who lives here in Bellingham and has started a currency program - an alternative cash system. I'm going to look into that more; I've been interested in the idea for awhile.

My winning streak in chess is continuing. I've had wins and draws over the last dozen or so games, with only two losses. It feels good, especially since I haven't been able to play as much during the quarter.

Winter quarter is almost over. Just a couple more final papers and I'll be done for a few weeks - and then Spring quarter starts up. I'm really looking forward to the Summer.

And the cats keep on getting out. Now that the weather is a bit warmer and drier the kids have been going in and out of the house more often, giving the cats a lot of chances to get out. We have to figure out what to do, but it looks like they're going to end up being outside/inside cats by default. It's just too hard to monitor them as the door is opened and closed a lot, and that's only going to increase as Summer approaches.

It's been a long, long time since I've posted. Winter quarter is flying by. I'm not getting enough sleep. The kids are eating too much. H is hard at work on her thesis. I miss the sun, and the cats are driving me crazy.

That pretty much sums up how I feel right now....

And so, to bed.