The type of person I most admire is one who can finish things. I am really not good at finishing things. I’m really good at starting, but I don’t have the attention span to finish things because I’m too busy starting other things. Last September, I salvaged a play fort for Anna and added a set of swings, but never finished staining the added-on part. Seven months later, I decided enough was enough, and stained the remainder of the swings. In the process, Anna behaved well enough, but Tara managed to wake up and require attention at the most inopportune times, like when I was covered with paint, for example. Nevertheless, I managed to finish the job. To celebrate, I was useless for the rest of the day.

Tomorrow, we’ve got a whole lot of nothing planned, which is to say that we’ll probably spend the whole day cleaning up and preparing for the upcoming trip to Auntie K.’s wedding, or as I’m calling it, Auntiepalooza.