It was like most other Mondays, really. I got through the e-mail, which is the bulk of the Monday workload, and I took my mother-in-law shopping. At the same time, it was not like other Mondays. One of my sons is sick, and no sooner did I have the others on their respective buses but I was out of the house and on my way to get medicine for him.

Even though I did get back to sleep, that put me back a bit on schedule. Further, our oven has decided to give us trouble, and the repairman will not be here to assess the situation until tomorrow morning, so since over the weekend we used the rest of the stove top foods and there’s nothing suitable for grilling, I had to bring food home for the masses. This put me back further–although I did get a bit of Romans editing done.

My breathing is rough, and I am tired and have an early day tomorrow (for the aforementioned repairman), but let me attend to the rest of today’s affairs before I crash for the night.

–M. J. Young