Okay. This morning, I woke up at 6:15, *just* in time to have missed sunrise. I was, again, pretty pissed. I didn't set an alarm (because I was inside with the kids), but I ended up wishing I had. For tomorrow? I put three alarms onto my phone. Yeah, I may only get 5 hours of sleep, but with luck I'll make it out in time to see the sun come up. I'm hoping, at least.

Today was a nice, relaxing vacation day. Beach in the morning for a couple of hours. Lunch in the camper, then I went and did laundry (since the hamper of my son's and my's clothes was full). Wrote postcards while it was washing, played pinball while it was drying. Came back to the camper and went mini-golfing with my mother and the kids. (I won - Claire's 74 to Aidan's 65 to my mother's 54 to my 46.) Then ice cream with the entire family, back to play in the camper a short while, dinner, and get the kids ready for bed. Then I went over to the office to hang out closer to the wireless (it still gave me a *lot* of trouble), make arrangements for tomorrow, and play pinball a bit.

Oh, and I kicked all sorts of ass at pinball. I bought 12 credits, and won 10 - and ended up with 1st, 3rd, and 5th place on the machine. Yup, apparently I'm actually reasonably okay at Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball.

I'll admit it, though; I've ended up in a really, really strange head space. I know part of why, but I don't know why completely. Parts of it, sure... But parts are still a mystery. I wish I could pin it down. Still, I can't do anything about any of that - not here - so I'm just going to put it out of my mind as much as possible.

It's late, though. It's midnight, and I'm tired. I'm on the phone, but I'm going to take it to bed and go to sleep. Good night.