Letter from the Publisher

by Jodi Williams

No matter how much you trust them, it's always a good idea to double check anything your family gives you. For example, I woke up last Sunday with a headache that just wouldn't shake off. I usually try not to take medicine because I tend to react strongly. Don't get me wrong, I'm a firm believer in drugs, but I also know my limits. So, when my husband handed me two Tylenol, I popped them down and thanked him. Then, the color of the pills occured to me.

"Wait. Were those Tylenol BLUE?"

He turned back and looked at me blankly. "Um...yeah?"

"What bottle did you get them out of?"

Russell went to the kitchen and brought down the little white bottle. "It says Tylenol. Well...Tylenol PM. Isn't that what you take?"

I groaned. "PM stands for nighttime. They have a sleeping additive in them."

"No, I don't think so," he disagreed. "I think the PM just means that they're safe to take at night. They won't keep you up...right?"

I just stared at him. Thirty minutes later, I was asleep. Five hours after that, I managed to wake myself up, eat supper and go back to bed for the rest of the night. You can't trust anyone. While I was asleep, my family got outside and enjoyed the warm weather, cooked hamburgers on the grill and didn't miss me a bit. But, I'll have my revenge.

I plan on taking my children to every festival I can while my husband is at work. We'll eat apple dumplings, tour the marble mines and look at all the jewelry. Then, we'll come back and tell him about all the fun we had. He may pretend like he's happy for us, but I won't be taking any pills from him anytime soon. See you at the festivals!

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