What's the point of a blog if you don't keep it up? Just a couple of lines to say my birthday was fun--a few friends took me out for Greek food on Saturday evening, I had cake with the kids on Sunday, and yesterday received well wishes all day long. I got a pair of boots I'd been wanting to wear with skirts, a few interesting books, and tomorrow I'll order a really nice Siemens dishwasher because the one we have has died. The new one will have LED blue lights that go on when you open it--pretty exciting!

Michael now has a bionator to correct his overbite and widen his jaw. He has been so diligent about always brushing it and putting it in its case during meals. He's excited to get to "crank it up" a notch tomorrow for the first time.

Nick and a group of his friends will go ice skating tomorrow because their afternoon classes were canceled. Patrick has learned so much about companies and corporations (e.g., Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH's), Aktiengesellschaften (AG's)) for his economics exam tomorrow.