11-07-2004...The last few days has been different. I took Thursday and Friday off work to get some work done at home. I've been wanting to work on the room downstairs but haven't been able to do much since Melissa was born. Beth helped out by taking the kids out of the house to run errands or visit friends. Not having the kids here means I get a lot more done. I got about 5 hours work in on Thursday putting some childproof locks on doors around the house and working downstairs before Beth got home, with a babysitter, then we had a date of sorts. We wanted to go geocaching to get the one on the farm we couldn't get last week, but about a half-mile hike into it and 500 feet from the cache it started raining. So, we hiked back empty-handed and went to get soup. Friday Beth took the kids out again and I would have had more work done downstairs than I did, but I lost a couple hours going to visit the doctor for a tetanus shot and the pharmacy to get some antibiotics. Seems like flesh doesn't stop a drill bit at all. I was holding a piece of wood in place to drill a pilot hole for a screw and put a hole in my finger on the other side. Nothing serious but it bled a lot. No nerve or tendon damage though. Saturday was the annual ladies shopping trip to Woodfield Mall in Chicago. Pam and Steph came down to go with Beth; I had the kids myself all day Saturday except for bowling. I was on for the first game, but lost it right soon after. My scores for the 3 games were 229-123-126. Only my 3rd 200 game ever.