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21 November 2018
03:59 PM EST


The network dropped on me today, right in the middle of a VoIP consultation; I took that as a sign that I was due for a short vacation. I hated to leave the student hanging, but he'll understand. I think it was getting late in Hong Kong anyway. He sounded half-asleep. I sometimes forget what my own timezone is, too. I had to dig out my dad's watch to figure out the time here, with the wall clock shut down. And here I am blogging in the command interface.

But you know, the great thing about losing the headset--losing the whole system--is that I can walk around the house and hear it respond without the wiring instructing it to. I get sick of it knowing all my preferences. Just the structure here, and me inside, making footprints on the foamlike carpet Toby just put down, hitting the manual switches instead of relying on the sensors. The feed to the baby's room was out, so I had to check on her.

Of course the sun-blocks had turned off, so she was wide awake and let me know it. I can't get over the humor of becoming a mother--when the three of us are out shopping, people look at Toby and me like we're kidnappers. Toby said we should have our degrees tattooed on our cheeks, and maybe we'd get some respect. I think if we got any more tattoos they'd call the police, but I'm considering buzzing my credentials into the back of my head.

I'm a good mother--should I buzz that instead?

I walked Amelia around the upstairs with me and showed her what real shadows look like. She is partial to the "bunny rabbit" shadow puppet. I'll have to practice and put on a real show for her sometime.  Yeah, it's funny. I never thought I'd try so hard to make someone like me after Toby. I guess I'll never be done. Shadow puppets are easy enough. Once we hit puberty I'm going to be in trouble. But this is nice, like this: the house has been quiet for two hours now.

I like it full of her voice. Right now she's here with me:

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Amelia says hi, diary. Her hands are getting strong.

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...goodbye 06:13 PM EST