The Cottage

Where has time gone? We had so many plans for this week, and some of them got done I suppose. I have a two week vacation from school - one week for Fall Break and the second for some parent leave that I get. Amazing. We are spending most of it at the Cottage, but the first half is already pretty much gone! We have been really busy, but haven't gotten to enjoy being outside much and also haven't started on the box room which was meant to be the big project for the week.

Twins take up a lot of time! We did manage to clean things up, do some shopping and a few legal things, arrange and enjoy a Netflix subscription, and eat some really good food. The last couple nights the twins have actually made it through the night with one feeding instead of two! Our fingers are crossed that this continues because our lives would become even better. They were fed slightly after 9:30 last night, then we had to wake both of them up at 4 in the morning! Amélie woke up at 7 but Abigail lasted until 8. Great night.

I worked in a bit of the novel as well...

Amadou’s fame was known in the region; his greatness allowed him a large family. He had four wives and twenty-three children. He strongly believed monogamy was something reserved for the weak. There was no way for him to know that a monogamous relationship existed inside his body.

Some time ago, two small worms about one centimeter in length pledged their lives to each other when the female nestled herself into a long groove shaped just for her - the male clutching her tight for the rest of his long life. The two had joined together to become one.

The couple settled down within Amadou’s bladder and got busy with the family business of reproduction. Over the course of their lifetime the number of offspring they would produce would be uncountable, although the vast majority would die before reaching maturity.