Travel Opener

Corey left this morning on his first business trip of the season. He'll be gone roughly every other week from this point until May.

The good news? After I get the kids to bed, I'll be free to curl up on the couch with my "Northern Exposure" DVDs, an obsession I have that Corey doesn't share.

The bad news? I'll miss nightly moments like this.

Footnote: I feel compelled to add that I finished the Harry Potter series yesterday, which is a darn good thing because I doubt I could have read them by myself in a darkened house -- too much intensity to handle alone. Yet, since they are almost impossible to put down, I probably would have found myself reading them anyway and then never sleeping.

Also, now that I've finished "The Deathly Hallows," I'm backing off my assertion from last week that I would like to parent like Dumbledore. I still admire his patience and wisdom and charm. But I wouldn't want to emulate him in every way.