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The home phone is fixed, the cell phone has no service unless I drive toward Roseburg. My guess is a tower is down around Cottage Grove, because that’s where I noticed it gone. And the internet is a little spotty, but I don’t know if that’s related.

The home phone is fixed by way of a black cable stretched through the blackberries down by the creek, and a message saying the situation is “temporized” and they’ll be back Monday to work on it. It makes me wonder what got it this time, decaying sheep, digging raccoons, general ground water, which is what usually gets the electric line. This is the tin foil and hay string phone line, which if they’d ever decide to replace might get upgraded to one that could handle two lines, or dsl (if it came to this area), or other exciting thigns like that. I think it’s the original that was put in in the late 1960’s or early 1970’s and hasn’t been touched since except when it has to be repaired.

Logan’s had two days back at school now and is enjoying herself. We’ve played on the playground as usual after school, which helps. Yesterday we ate lunch out with Sandy and her mom Sherri in celebration of starting the school year, and Logan and Sandy, being twins, ate twin lunches and giggled constantly. The two year difference in their age evidently doesn’t effect their twin status. Some things are better not questioned. They tried to plan a sleep over, but since neither is allowed to have sleep overs yet, it was a moot point. The request I heard later was for an all day play date. I’ll keep that one in mind. 9 to 5 even sounds like a lot. Maybe if all four parents took a shift.

Aside from the play time, Logan’s class seems to be shaping up well. She’s had no complaints, and many positive things to say about how it is going. The teacher uses lower case letters in their names this year. The got to choose which row their desks would be in today, although it wasn’t absolutely stuck to. Logan chose to sit closest to Mrs Marooney’s desk and appears to be very happy there. She says she’s having some trouble with drawing things but is getting help from Mrs Marooney. They had circle time and played their flutes today. She was able to share part of her snack with someone who forgot to bring one. (Anyone who has something they’re willing to share can offer it to someone who forgets theirs, I think.)

This weekend we’re going to work on planning Logan’s birthday party and put away laundry so that we’ll be able to find school clothes for next week. Big excitement there. Well, maybe on the party planning part. John turns forty a week from today. Logan is planning what happens that day.

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