winter doldrums

cold, cloudy, hectic week--especially for ben, who had finals. seems like he did okay in most but definitely stressful and tough to balance with basketball (and his team hasn't been doing that well either).

emma doing a lot too but had some nice successes as well--bball team won, as did hockey. also, she won 2nd in the catholic schools essay contest and also got picked to be captain of 6th/7th grade science bowl team.

terri's leg getting better but doug got a big black eye when elbowed at pickup basketball on weds night. the upside was that he claims it gave him some street cred for the athletes in his sport and society class.