Turiels held hostage, day 7

After the Mother of All Battles (trying to get David to sleep), we were awakened at 7. Part of the problem is that the shades in our room are of the light-filtering kind, rather than room-darkening. So He thinks it's later than it actually is. Combine that with seeing mommy and daddy right next to him, and you have a recipe for disaster. Or at least sleeplessness.

The first SmartMedia card (64MB) was filled this morning when Jane took David and her folks across the street for still more pictures. I took the opportunity to have a leisurely breakfast. I have a 32MB card in reserve, which I loaded. So we now have a hard limit of 42 more pictures - I'm not buying any more cards because the money will be better put eventually towards a newer camera with less shutter lag. And the new camera (whenever it comes - probably not until at least next year) may use a different kind of card.

As for the daily schedule, we're going in about an hour to take a train ride. They have an old-fashioned railroad here that does an 11-mile run up to Cape May Courthouse (the name of a town here), and after that we'll see what he's up for. Tonight we have to try and pack as much in advance as we can, because we're leaving after breakfast to go see Jane's childhood friend Jackie Simonson. After the visit, it's back to Connecticut for the rest of the weekend before returning home Sunday afternoon.

Tonight's the Big Family Dinner. I hope that's a controllable situation.