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Okay, lunch at work, and I can say a few things here. Another pretty good day of work so far today. If I still feel this good next week at this time, I'll be ready to relax.

Faith's first day of Kindergarten is tomorrow. Kudos to FHSD for thinking to have a bus there at new family night to let the kids get on and learn about the rules. I think she's going to do just fine. On the other hand, if she melts down she'll get over it pretty quickly once she gets there.

Mixed emotions? Well, sort of. I have always said that I am looking forward to finding out what kind of a person she's going to become. I don't want her to stay little forever. So I don't have any kind of pure, unadulterated "My baby is going away!" wailing to do. My own misgivings are just that this is the start of us not being the biggest influence on her life. It's the beginning of having to be the kind of nosy parent, bugging her about what all she's doing, looking for new behaviors that she picks up at school and making sure that she's getting a counter-message from home to combat the bad ones. I am afraid of her falling into bad influences, but am eager for her to have the opportunity to stand up for the values we are trying to teach her. I know that if she does, I'll be more proud of her than I can imagine.

I think she's going to do well.

Well, that's all for now. As school starts, prayers and blessings to anyone involved. Start the clock. Let's do this.

Matt