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morning off

This morning Phil took care of Madeleine for a couple of hours before he had to go to the office. I got up and nursed Maddie and then went back to bed. Then I got up and had coffee and breakfast on the balcony while Phil and Maddie took a walk. I REALLY enjoyed it.

It's still cool. The current temp at 10:12am is 63 degrees. High of 71. Yesterday was one of the clearest days I've seen here. Phil actually saw some stars on his way to teach last night.

Tomorrow Phil's taking time off in the morning. We may go to HanKou with Rhoda. Mr. Donut will be on the agenda as well as shopping for DVDs. Hopefully it will be another nice day.

I realized the sweater coutdown is off by a few days. 22 days left.

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