something sweet I got out of bed to add...

When I got back from my sleepover with Audrey & Mom around 10:30 this morning, Marian was resting in bed and I was missing my girl. I immediately (well, after handwashing, of course) draped myself across the bed and snuggled up, resting my face against her shoulder. She wrapped her other little arm (the tube-free one) around me and we said the nice "I missed you" things, and then I asked, "Tell me a story." She hadn't been feeling very active, and frankly didn't look that hot, so imagine my delight when she complied, launching into a fairly long narrative about my favorite animal: "Once upon a time, there was a little hedgie who lived in a safe barn..." The story continued, seeing the brave rescue of baby hedgie from the forest by his "brave Dad Hedge", who killed 7 scary bears with "just one claw" to bring his baby hedgie safe back to their barn. I got delicious details, like "his prickles were soft and nice to pet, not owie pokie ones". I'll be pulling for her to write & illustrate it in one of the little sewn booklets that I had my mom make for us just before we left. If I'm successful, you may be so lucky as to see it soon...