Animal crackers

I have this bag of animal crackers in front of me, and darn it if they aren't the most delicious things I've ever eaten! I could finish it off, but I won't - after all, it's a bunch of disgusting, processed, high-fructose-corn-sugarized junk, and I should never have purchased it at all. I really bought it for some easy convenience food for Helena. Generally, I give her much better food that I take for myself - she eats fruit, I make a microwave S'more. I'm getting better. Improving, making better choices. You know.

This world is a small one. I had the opportunity to spend some time with a friend from Sweden. She is a sweet, intelligent, beautiful, fun person, and it was wonderful to see her again. It's amazing how different we all are culturally, but also how alike we are when it comes to the human feelings we all have. Maybe someday, if I'm fortunate, I can travel around the world and explore this feeling a little further.

One random thing - why do we even turn on this television? It completely drains all coherent thought from the mind.

Our sweet Helena gets better all the time - she is beautiful, funny, full of personality and energy. Much more energy than me! Tonight I had a great chat with an old friend and realized that we have to enjoy the lovely and special moments with our kids while we can, because in 20 years we'll have a moment where we realize that it's all a blur.

Aren't you glad that you don't live in New York City? Hope that I don't offend anyone with that. It's more like this - I'M glad I don't live in NYC.

"You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide."