We left Rome at 11:15 their time, which means we had been up since around 1 AM eastern. We finally got back to our house about 11:30 pm eastern – about 24 hours after we got up. Michael the Dad slept for a while on the plane from Rome to the US, both boys slept for about 2 hours each, then passed out on the plane from Philly to Cincy, and slept most of the car drive back.

It’s now 5:16. I’ve gotten about 5 hours sleep in the past 24, most of them at home, interrupted by the wakeful baby, who obviously is ticked, having gotten to sleep in a bed with us for ten days, and now back in prison. But I’m wide awake. I just put the baby back in his bed, to find Joseph sitting up in his bed, wide awake, examining his calendar, and asking me if it’s a new week yet. Forget it. I put Joseph in bed with Michael, and I’m down here blogging…after all, it’s late morning according to the way I’ve been living…on a normal day, I would be on my fourth church of the day by now…oy.