Submitted entry: Well the good news is that Paul is still asleep late enough for me to write this (usually he’s up at 6:00). The bad news is that he’s asleep because we were all awake from 3-5 am. He wakes up fast these days, possibly because his teeth are coming in and bugging him some or maybe for no reason at all. The end result is if he’s really restless because of a diaper change, it’s likely that he’ll be up for 2 hours after a change.

However, we’re used to it and have become fatalistic about the whole thing. If he wakes up it’s no longer a tragedy that we’re crabby about and working our damndest to get him back to sleep. Now we’re enjoying the time. Sage made a couple packs of instant black been salsa couscous for us and we listened to the UK top 20 countdown on the BBC (what was it about the singing hamsters in “Cognoscenti meets Intellegentsia” that cracked us up so? Maybe we were just tired…) Anyway, we had a lovely time reading to Paul, hanging out and listening to the radio until he decided to go back to sleep.

And, I definitely think we’ll make it through the winter, heat-wise, everyone. This morning we hit the single-digits and the yurt was anywhere between 90F (when we loaded wood and had it going during dinner) to 55F (after leaving it closed up and untouched for 5 hours).

Well, it’s now noon – Paul woke up then we both got bundle up and walked to the compost pile and emptied our compost buckets. Then we came back and cleaned up the yurt. All the wood we’re bringing in leaves tons of dirt and bark around so sweeping has to happen even more often than it ordinarily does living in the forest.

Well, this may be a short entry as I’m going to put up this entry and work on some christmas presents then we may be off to a solstice party but as it starts at sundown (Paul’s usual self-imposed bedtime) it is not looking too likely.