Cookie is going to miss school today -- he woke up with a loud, hoarse cough that just sounds terrible. It was scheduled as half a day anyhow, so he won't miss much. We have teacher conferences in the afternoon, so we look forward to finding out just what kind of evil geniuses these boys are when they're in the classroom. They sure do like school, which is good (Cookie cried when Alane told him he couldn't go in today).

At Cookie's urging, I tried my hand at Monkey Ball last night on the Gamecube. The screen he wanted me to clear for him was infuriatingly difficult. I eventually made it through (but almost threw the game controller out the window).

This victory has strengthened the soul of Asteroth!