Miracle

This is unbelievable.

Tonight, at 7:30pm, both of my daughters fell asleep.

Baby V's sleep is as precarious as always -- somewhat dependent on her pacifier not falling out of her mouth.

But DAMN, people, I'm so excited. I stood in the middle of the house and couldn't think of one thing to do. What does one do when there are vestiges of sunlight left in the sky and one's children are sound asleep?

Take off all my clothes and have a one-woman nude disco? Well, possibly, but I don't have that much energy.

Instead, I made some tea. I opened a new package of Red Rose decaf black tea bags. As any tea aficianado can tell you, Red Rose tea packages contain juicy little ceramic animals . So there I was, clutching a little green parrot and singing the end line of the Depeche Mode song to myself, creepily in the dark kitchen:

"Enjoy the Silence."