The boys slept out in tents last night. They had a friend over also so it was two boys in one tent and two in another. I was really too tired to be too worried about it. I think I told them they had to put down a tarp. One of the tents is just a screen and doesn’t have a floor. The ticks are out and I really didn’t want them sleeping on the bare ground.

They found an old piece of carpet that we’d kept when they changed out the sanctuary carpet in Hoyleton. I would’ve never thought to use that but it ended up working out. I went to bed while everyone was still up. I fell asleep to the sound of the living room rumble, the boys playing RISK on the living room floor. Then Miles was in there.

Dad stayed up to visit longer. He came in later and I woke up briefly to the sound and light of the closet door opening, to the keys and wallet being placed on the dresser. I woke up briefly in the early morning for a drink of water, and let in a cat. I opened upstairs windows, stopped by the bathroom, then went back to sleep. I woke again at 8:19.