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Cordelia wants to read my journal. I've told her she can but that she'll find it boring. She's read an entry or two and says she wants to read more, but I think it is boring for her. I mean, I don't talk about any great secrets or surprising events. My days, by and large, are the same things over and over. I'm kind of surprised that anybody reads my journal.

This morning, I was awakened about nine by a phone call. I was at least half expecting it, so I didn't mind too much. I'd invited cherydactyl to bring her younger daughter over here to play with Cordelia. I knew she'd need to drop her daughter off relatively early because she was scheduled to work. She dropped her daughter off about 9:30, so that she could be at work by 10:00 (she works part time and needs to put in about six hours today).

The girls have asked if they can go sledding, but I said no. The last time I checked the National Weather Service website, it said the windchill was still -19 F, and that's too cold for sledding. I might let them out in the backyard for ten minutes or so to make a snowman if that appealed to them (it doesn't), but it would take them ten minutes to get to the hill for sledding, and they'd want to be out at least half an hour and then have ten minutes to come back. That's too long in this cold weather.

We need to take our Christmas tree down soon. My family always did it on the 6th of January, but we haven't really developed a tradition like that. Cordelia wants to leave the tree up as long as possible, and Scott's sufficiently tired after a day of work that taking the tree down sounds utterly unappealing. My family always made a party out of taking the tree down. It wasn't as big a deal as putting the tree up, but there were cookies, and we got to eat the chocolate ornaments (I haven't been able to find chocolate ornaments since we started doing a large tree. I don't know if that means I'm looking in the wrong places (Target and Meier's) or if they just don't make them any more). Maybe Cordelia will be more interested in taking the tree down if I make more fudge and let her invite a friend over.

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I've let the girls go sledding. Earlier this afternoon, I let them go out in the backyard a couple of times because it's relatively sheltered from the wind and because they really wanted to go out. There's not a lot of daylight left, so I don't think the girls will stay out long. Cordelia's friend is with us for another couple of hours while her mother goes to visit her sister and see her newborn niece.

Scott's parents have had their consult with the local surgeon. They tell us that he places the risk at 25%. They didn't specify risk of what. I suspect they're afraid to put it into words. They're still planning to talk to the Cleveland Clinic and see what people there have to say.

Scott had to take the car in today. He was smelling gasoline all the time, and that's not a good sign. Fortunately, they were able to fix the problem in about half an hour. Scott had expected to have to leave the car there over night. He asked them about the other problem we've got-- The light on the dashboard clock has burned out. Unfortunately, fixing it would be too expensive because it would require replacing the entire clock. We're going to look into finding a small light that we can put there so that Scott can track the time when he's on his way to work.