Dateline: Portsmouth RI, 30 September 2004

Sad to say but true. Tonight is my only night home after two on the road and the next three off with son to the Midwest for some rollercoasters and a day at Lambeau, so spent the night helping Daughter #1 figure out her science fair project (guess who's the subject to be poked and prodded!), hug Daughter #2 a bunch, go over a lot of homework with Son #1 and play with plastic animals and read some Dr. Seuss (The King's Stilts--a real oldie) with Son #2. After a conversation with my wife, we both realized we completely forgot about the debate, we were so busy through the evening with the four kids!

Ah well . . . few better excuses than that.