That's been what my day has been about.

David was supposed to arrive home last night at 10:30 p.m., but called at 9:00 letting me know that they had missed their connecting flight, and he'd have to stay the night in L.A., and catch the first flight home this a.m.   So, after getting 4 very disappointed kids to bed, I was soothing my own disappointment with a 4 oz lava cake topped with probably 8 oz whipped cream...the real stuff, of course... when I noticed our cat running in circles around the legs of the baby swing.  I walked over to see what was going on, and noticed that the circles were being choreographed by our hamster.  How he got out, I have no idea.  I tossed the cat out onto the back porch, and was then able to scoop up the hamster and put him back in his cage.  None of the doors were open, all hatches seemed secure. 

***Editor's note:  I started this post weeks ago.  I am finding that I have time to either live life, or write it down....but not both.  We'll see which wins.  In the meantime, the hamster was found, I can't remember which rant about my siblings I was going to blather, and I will again be going to the airport....***