Maybe just make the living room a living bedroom (put your bed in one corner and use it as a couch/bed) and leave M and E in the actual bedrooms? I know it's not graceful or ideal, but it's what a lot of people did before we developed the idea that bedrooms should be separate from living spaces. It might be a way to at least be able to shut M's door at bedtime.

Not here, btw. Seeking momentary distraction because school is making me crazy.

Yeah, I have no successful kid sleeping advice. Frisco has always slept with us. Ellie sleeps with us about 97% of the time. I've considered working on getting Ellie to sleep on her own, but I know that once Joe deploys next year, she'll be back in bed with me, so, we're just living with it for now. Talk to me in 2011.

I tell you, I'm feeling like the Meanest Parent Ever. The sleeping in one's own bed thing was the one thing we were absolutely firm on.

My kids may not eat a lot of vegetables, but they slept in their own beds. I think I'll take that tradeoff.

Dylan's never slept in our bed except once or twice in hotels. When we've tried to calm him down by co-sleeping, he just winds up wanting to play.

I have very vivid memories of sleeping in my parents' bed and how comforting it felt.

After several emails to my advisor, he finally responded. First, he gave me a few minor edits. Then, he told me that I should explain what I mean better in one of my examples. (I can't explain what I mean because I don't know what I mean. I don't understand that example. I put it in because he said to put it in, and I have been asking him for help in understanding what it means since last December.) Then he corrected a sentence where I said I explain something "in arguments similar to ..." and he said it should be "using arguments similar to ..." And then this comment on that correction:

This is the sort of thing I would expect you to catch yourself. The fact that the paper still has many of this sort of writing mistake was the reason for my obvious frustration when you last saw me.

Please understand, the math you've done is good. I think it's very good, and others will too. But the chances of people appreciating your work depend in a large part on how well you communicate it. I hate to see this thing submitted with this quality of writing, but probably at this point, your best bet is to just go ahead and do it.

...can we sic Tino on him?

Wow. Nice. Very helpful. And so encouraging.

...can we sic Tino on him?

I think this guy might be Tino. Or a polar bear.

Oh... the temptation to take out the +100 Red Pen of Editing on just that snippet of email is soooooooo strong.