Ok actually it is 6:30 as I begin to write this. Last night is a daze still. Our sleep came in 2 hour increments which is great. The first night in here we considered ourselves fortunate if we merely lost consciousness for a moment or two. But 2 hours of sleep has its own drawbacks. For me the most notable one is that coming out of sleep after being undisturbed for only 2 hours is tough. I am pretty much out of it and say a prayer of thanks of the nurse last night for bearing with me and helping take care of Carolyn so much.

The 6 am activities consisted of the nurse and carolyn talking and moving while sat huddled in a corner chair trying to wrap my mind around what was going on. The grogginess is mostly shaken now and I have decided to have a run at today. No more naps for me for now. I need to get up and get my day started, which for now consists of watching a Grey's Anatomy rerun on ABC.com and catching up on my writing. And a cup of free, strong, coffee.

Today is potentially a big day. We will hopefully be getting a long(er) term game plan. We are hoping to find out if we need to pack up to head home, or learn how to live in this room for the next few weeks or months. Do I need to fold the 'whites' in the dryer before she gets home, or can I live 'bachelor' style and pull out a t-shirt when I need it. Like I said, its a big day.

Around 3 am a major sign of how Carolyn was feeling came through the meds. Her concern at 3 am was for me. Specifically for my stomach. She was concerned that if she is here for an extended stay that I would either 1. wasted away from lack of food. or 2. Ballon up from eating nothing but fast food. Yeah. At 3 am her concern was for me to eat home cooked meals.

What she had forgotten in her foggy 3 am state of mind was the droves of emails, phone calls, text messages and Blog comments from our amazing friends and family. That and the fact I survived quite a while cooking for myself and probably cooked too well for myself.

Oh yeah, and she also wasn't considering the almost 100 unique visitors to the Blog updating the world with her progress. Wow.

As part of the 6AM roll call, I want to encourage people to leave comments on the Blog. Have fun with it. I have to read them before they are publicly posted on the Blog, the words we have received have been encouraging and a highlight for us both to see come in. I also want to encourage you to be happy. I know, you're thinking this will be a random Bobby McFerrin reference, but I am skipping that, for now. I want to remind everyone and help give some perspective.

Obviously what we are going through is not ideal, but it is not necessarily bad. It could have been potentially life threatening for our boys and dangerous for Carolyn, but right now things are good. The contractions are under control and everyone is out of the dark for now. What we want now is to have some fun.

Speaking of that, when she is relaxing and trying to get some sleep her mind wanders where so many of our mind wander when we are trying to relax...all the incomplete projects pending and hanging over her head, most commonly work projects. We are going to work to get these on paper today and tomorrow and hopefully then they will be off her shoulders. But until then I have been using anything I can think of to get her mind off work and house chores, and onto something goofy and relaxing. I have had the most success with having her think about my parent's goofy dogs. Maggie and Lulu. I know my parents are reading this, when you come to visit can you bring a photo of the two wonder mutts? It would be greatly appreciated. If you could bring an electronic version as well on a flash drive or email one to me I will post it here. Thanks!

I'll end this marathon entry for now. Now it is 7:37 and Carolyn is awake now and watching the Today show. Breakfast will be here soon.