"Yawn!"

What a day! Jaan woke up around 3:00 this morning, an hour before Will's alarm was set for him to catch his train to Moscow. And Jaan didn't get back to sleep until 7:00 or so. Of course, Raia slept peacefully through all of Jaan's wakefulness, so she was ready to go at 8:00, and she woke him up then. The two of them couldn't get their naps coordinated, so one or the other of them was up all afternoon. Now Jaan's in bed for the night, and Raia just woke up from her evening nap. Will should be back late tonight, and he'll be yawning tomorrow, too. After getting up at 4:00 this morning, going all day long, and arriving home late, he'll have to set his alarm for about the same time again tomorrow in order to go save a place in line at the passport office to register our visas.

Even though we're tired, we three had a good day today. Poor Jaan had a slow start, which included breaking his favorite cup at breakfast and lots of tears over that, but helping me wash the dishes made him forget about it. After a grey, drippy morning, we had a beautiful clear afternoon, so we had fun outside for a while. A friend from another town dropped by quickly to give us a message for me to translate and pass on to someone in the States, so Jaan was thrilled to have company. And then we spent almost two hours helping our poor landlord do some paperwork that we'll need to register tomorrow. Maybe that wasn't too much fun for him and me, but again, Jaan was happy to have a guest to visit with.

So, good night to all! I hope. . . I mean, I hope we're headed to bed and a good night's sleep before too long.

(Well, just as I finished typing that, I heard a panicked shriek from the bedroom: Jaan waking up with one of his nightmares or whatever it is bothering him. I ran in there and got him calmed back down. Then Raia started screaming and woke him up again. Yawn. But Will should be home soon!)