Looking for Alaska

I’m reading a great book that my mother-in-law bought me at Border’s this weekend. It’s entitled Looking for Alaska and is written by Peter Jenkins (of A Walk Across America fame). I’m thoroughly enjoying it, with its stories of adventure, danger, and beauty in a place I’ve always wanted to visit. The bear stories are particularly hair-raising. Today is a beautiful fall day, with bright sunshine and colored leaves. I’m trying to shake an allergy-induced headache, but otherwise things are ok. Michele and I are still just trying to cope with the chaos that inevitably comes with having a new baby. We enjoyed having her parents with us this weekend, but it is nice to just be by ourselves for the first time in a while. Among other things, it is hard for me to accept that there is little time for each other when raising little children.