12:16AM

Some thoughts before I sleep...

I had a lot of fun at the baby shower today. I most especially enjoyed exchanging stories with Ruther's cousins and Tita Nicki (their Aunt from Australia who is married to my mother-in-law's younger brother). It's just a wonderful thing to bond with family and to share experiences and ideas and opinions. I love Ruther's family. Since we were sweethearts, I have always felt welcome and they have all treated me warmly which is why I have no difficulty being so comfortable with everyone. It's just really wonderful spending the day with all these people I call family. I hope we get to do it again soon...

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Ruther has still been having some difficulty getting restful sleep. I think it's because he sometimes snores (just the quiet snores) in the evenings. When I'm with him (I'm a light sleeper), I usually roll him gently to his side so he would stop snoring and settle into a deeper sleep. But I suppose now that he's alone he can't know when to roll to his side and so he tells me that sometimes when he wakes in the mornings, he feels like he's still a bit tired. My poor sweetie. I have been doing a lot of research on snoring and stress and all that and hopefully when he comes home he'll be able to sleep better and be more restful in the mornings.