I don't have much new to report. Katie is walking a little more and a little better each day. She spends much of the evenings being my shadow. She'll fold laundry with me, brush her hair with me, try to grade papers with me, and helps me with the dishwasher. She has discovered belly buttons. Don't be surprised if she tries to pull your shirt up to examine yours. She's also discovered that she can "tickle" me. (When she gets wound up, it's more like gouging, but she mean it to tickle.) She's made me laugh the past few mornings. Upon waking up, she HAS to have her sippy cup with juice in it. No juice waiting=grouchy Katie. The way she totes her cup around reminds me of an adult with a coffee cup.

I still haven't found a balance between Katie, home, and school. I just can't keep up with all 3. Right now, I don't even feel like I'm keeping up with any of them. I hate being unprepared and feeling like a total scatterbrain. I'm not the teacher I would want my kid to have, and I'm not the mom Katie deserves, or even a decent wife. I don't have a magic wand, though, and I don't know what else I can do.