i have a cold, it's late, i'm empty

We were out walking around long past dark tonight, all of us stiff and chilled when we got back home. It was a good night to light our first fire in this new house. I threw together greek melts and the husband manned the poker and children sat mesmerized, as children do when watching flames. There's something about watching your children watch fire that makes a person feel all glowy (unless they're putting something extra into emergen-C these days).