Ten years ago, K’s mother came to visit and help out with the Girl. We were still reluctant to put her in public daycare, and J was willing and eager to come help.

Finding these pictures was another “how has it gone so quickly?” moment. And they’re only piling up, I realize.

L is now 13, which means in only a few more years, she’ll be heading off to college. Is she ready for that? Are we ready for that? And I know that every parent goes through this, but going through it ourselves — that’s something entirely different.

Today’s journalism journal entry:

This has got to be the longest week in the history of weeks. This week had a week of Mondays, a fortnight of Tuesdays, a few dozen Wednesdays, and though it’s now Thursday afternoon, I can’t imagine what’s awaiting us tomorrow. All of that to say it’s been an exhausting week. It’s been made even more exhausting by the fact that our daughter is still sick. Four days out of school. She’s positively paranoid about the amount of work she’ll have to make up, and I’m positively paranoid about how she’ll fuss about having to make up all that work. One more thing to deal with this weekend.

Speaking of this weekend, I have an ungodly amount of grading to finalize over the weekend. A test for English 8; English I’s IXL work; this final article in journalism. I’ll probably be drinking coffee this weekend by the pot. Just put it in an IV drip for me — it would probably be simpler.