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I can't sleep. This is almost never a problem for me...typically I fall asleep early and hardly wake until the sun is up - even when i toss and turn - I rarely find myself up and about the house after midnight. Sometimes I hate late hours b/c I guess I feel I should be getting rest for the following day. Some nights...like tonight...I enjoy the quiet.
There is a...relaxing? peaceful? simple? feeling to this time of night. Matt is sleeping & Caesar is curled up beside me. Luna has burrowed under a blanket. I can see the dim nightlights glowing from some neighbors' houses. Other houses seem to have tv's glowing thru the blinds. Nick at Nite is airing episodes of shows I have seen a hundred times but will definitely still watch. I feel no guilt for the basket of clean laundry that needs folding. After all....its much too late to fold towels. I have no reason to believe my cell will ring with any type of business call. Its kind of like everything is on pause. And tonight, it feels more calming than eerie.

So...what is new. Well...Matthew put in motion sensor lights all around the outside of our home this weekend. He installed them himself! They are nickel finish and I loooove them - they look so nice & they will save us on the electric bill, of course. We also looked at some new stuff for our bathroom & we're thinking of re-doing it this spring. Not painting or anything...just new shower curtain and rugs.

Big work meeting this morning...I got some...news. The building we thought we'd be able to operate out of for the next year - well - it just isn't going to pan out. Meaningful Day Services is brand new to Southern, IN. We are a small company and we are growing, but we have not grown enough yet to support a lease. This makes our jobs as ABA therapists a bit more difficult. As I've said before...it is hard to keep our kids focused in certain environments. We are just hoping the local YMCAs will continue to be gracious and let us rent space a while longer. It has been the best place aside from a building of our own.
Matt's job is also a little wild right now. Spring coming = IEPs and parent meetings for him. This time of the school year is always super busy. BUT at the end of this school year we will be celebrating his graduation from IUS with a Masters Degree in Secondary Ed!!! He did it after just a few years and taught full time throughout. I'm so proud of him! He works so hard.

OH! and the cats...our CRAZY cats... managed to break the kitty door we put in especially for them. grrr...So when we clean the litter box, we open the big garage door & lock their flap so they can not run out. There are these little plastic things that make it possible to lock it. Well, the other day Matt did the litter box but forgot to unlock the flap that night. The next morning, I opened the door to the garage and walked in to feed them...they followed me so I did not notice the flap was still locked. I pulled the door shut & left for work. I suppose they got angry about being locked in the garage b/c they muscled through the locked flap, snapping off the plastic lock in the process. jerks! They had their food, water, litter....but NO...they are so spoiled about being in the house that they could not wait for me to get home and let the flap open. siiiigh.

In other news...BOTH Matthew and I are plunging in the Borden Polar Bear Plunge! We are raising money to benefit Special Olympics of Indiana.....if you can PLEASE donate on our websites!!! We would really appreciate it :) and the money goes to a great program that does a ton of good things for people in our area!

http://www.firstgiving.com/matthewtownsend

http://www.firstgiving.com/jessicatownsend