Matthew had his first day of kindergarten today. All went well. When asked about his day, he recounted a song about peanut butter and jelly. He deemed the song silly.

Tommorrow is picture day.

Right on schedule, while playing quietly where I couldn’t see them, Matthew and Elise found a pair of scissors. Then they proceeded to cut huge hanks out of their hair. I gave Matthew an emergency buzz tonight. He looks like he just got out of boot camp. Elise didn’t fare so well. I had no idea how to fix her hairdo. She’ll need professional assistance getting her stairstep bangs into shape.

I found the entire episode quite funny, but tried to act stern.

Hopefully I’ll be gone sailing for a few days.

Jan posted a link to a music video from a band called Switchfoot recently. The hook from the chorus is, “When I look at the stars I feel like myself”.

That hook perfectly describes what I feel when I sleep out under the stars after a day of sailing. Looking up at the sky the noise from everything fades, the stars come into focus and I don’t want to close my eyes — it’s too beautiful. I feel the chill in my nose and get a little deeper into my sleeping bag. I see satellites, shooting stars, ore boats on the horizon and sometimes the northern lights. The rocking of the boat eventually coaxes me to sleep. Life is beautiful.

I can’t wait.