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Went to see the EDoD riding her recalcitrant pony in circles at the pony club get-together, then had a moderately edible lunch at the new cafe. Afternoon was spent fixing things that needed fixing, lamenting the impossibility of finding time and resources to fix other things that needed fixing, and getting each of the three munchkins to go to sleep.

Sleep methods employed:

The Boy Wonder: cuddles, a phone playing soothing, spooky music, and darkness. The Boy likes going to sleep with music, usually classical. I set a transistor radio to ABC-FM and duct-taped the dial so it can't be fiddled with, and it frequently does the trick when nothing else will to get him off to dreamland.

The BatPup: Mummy Milk didn't quite work, but a couple of Three Batpups stories got her most of the way there and Empty Garden, The Minstrel Boy and My Old Friend The Blues finished her off.

The Elder Daughter of DOOOM: feeling very disconnected and emotional (oy, vey) but concentrated Daddy and Mummy time and the spare mattress up in our bedroom did the trick, so she finally drifted off to sleep not long ago.

We need to try drugs, I think. Strong ones.

Now I'm going to try to get teffania's minions up and running with Gratian, then I'm off to sleep.