Today was kind of an intermission (for me anyway).  Jenny and her sister and her mom and dad left with all the kids at about 9 this morning and didn’t come home until almost 3:30.  It was nice to be alone for a while, I need my alone time to make sure I don’t go crazy.  After they got home, we didn’t do much:  just played around, ate, and then went to bed.  There are reinforcements coming starting tomorrow, so the sleeping arrangements have changed:  now I have to sleep in the attic with Izzy.  The only problem with that is there’s no DOOR to the attic, so Izzy doesn’t think she has to stay up there.  So I’m up here too, making sure she doesn’t escape.  When we first came up here around 8:00, I figured she’d go down pretty quick, but she talked literally NON STOP until 9:00, at which point I broke down and put “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” on the Xbox for her to watch (and STOP TALKING).

This is Isabel NOT sleeping.