The good news: Penny slept through the night again last night! We put her down around 9, and she didn't wake up until 5! Yay, Penny!

The bad news: I woke up a little before 4, and couldn't go back to sleep. So I only got about six and a half hours of sleep anyway. But six hours of uninterrupted sleep is better than eight with a half-hour break in the middle, so I'm not feeling too bad this morning - just slightly grumpy that my alarm started going off just as I was settling back into some decent sleep.

I think she might have slept so soundly because she was a bit fussy yesterday evening. Not constantly, but her good mood would evaporate in the drop of a hat. And she spent a good solid half-hour crying before Matt and I figured out that she was hungry earlier than we'd expected, and crying always wears her out a lot.

But she seemed to be back to her normal burbling happy self this morning.

The daycare center is going to be closed Friday for staff training, so I'll be taking Penny to their other facility in Williamsburg for the day. It's a good thing she hasn't developed any stranger anxiety yet. I'm trying to decide whether I'll be able to go over and visit her at lunch, like Matt usually does. It probably depends on whether things are busy Friday. That daycare center is a good twenty minutes from my office, especially with lunchtime traffic, so I'd need to take a long lunch to get in a decent visit.

Bah. I need a safety pin or a sewing kit. The very bottom buttonhole on my new dress wasn't sealed properly, and the button keeps popping out. Thank goodness it's just the very bottom button, eh?

Still, it's kind of annoying. I wonder if any of the ladies in the office keep emergency repair kits on hand. I just need a needle and about a hand-span of black thread.

I got my shopping done yesterday - two new pairs of shoes and a whole stack of frames for Christmas presents. I even poked my head into the Christmas decorations and managed to come away without buying anything new.

But I was in such a hurry that I forgot to get some other things I'd been meaning to get. So I'll have to go back today or tomorrow. Bah.

--Liz