It's almost 11 p.m.

And the children are *still* not nestled all snug in their beds.

Sammy and Jordan got to go to a movie at their school tonight and we didn't get them home until around 9:15. Then after this, that and the other thing--including pastry eating and lax parenting, they're still up--Sammy's ankles are itching so she's putting on anti-itch cream and bandaids, Jordan's watching the "last three minutes" of some tween-ish disaster on Disney, Claudia's getting ready to watch live bands play live music on MTV, I'm doing dishes (not really, I'm actually blogging, but I am doing laundry), Bo just peed on the carpet (Claudia mentioned tonight she wants to put a skirt on him, just under his tail to cover up his unsightly butthole region), and Jamie's getting ready to clean the carpet. Again.

Oh, and Woo F-ing Hoo to Jason who turned in his thesis to the powers that be today!