Things that happened today:

• Assisted puking daughter at 6:30a.

• Received a text alert at 6:45a about an armed robbery in the wee hours. Original reported location was near my house. This would have been a good time to give up and go back to bed.

• Took both sons to childcare preschool/parents’ morning out, starting my work day an hour later than usual.

• Had a long, difficult talk with a graduate student.

• Had a talk with another graduate student, who may need to take a leave of absence.

• Cleaned up puke covered bed and daughter, shortly after children’s bedtime.

• Tucked daughter back into bed, turned out the light, and, literally before I closed the door, had to turn light back on. Cleaned up daughter and bed again. (Parenthood: Not for wusses.)

• Learned that Steve Jobs had died.

I think I’m just going to try again tomorrow.