A quick good-morning, as I'm juggling time. I struggled to fall asleep last night but did manage to steal a few hours around daybreak, and now I need to focus on getting ready for class. I'm not sure why I was so wakeful, but likely Ray's ghost had something to do with it.

We did have a lovely, lovely day yesterday: breakfast and the Cloisters with the kids, then a beautiful dinner out with T's parents, a sentimental visit with the kids to Ray's bar where I drank nothing but water, a hand-in-hand walk home with my dear one. It's been wonderful to be here with our young people, with our parents, with each other. But also I've been so emotional, which accounts, I guess, for the sleeplessness.

Anyway: gears switched. I'm going to work.