The kids have today off from school, and I’m off from work, so it’s not much of a holiday for me. Sara’s at work today. Yesterday, she gave me a break, and I tried to get ahead on my Beeminders.
Today, in the morning, as we do on non-school days, I let the kids watch TV and play Minecraft for a few hours. After a few hours, I decided the kids had had enough screen time. A few hours of Minecraft is fine, but if they play for too long, they get really grumpy, so I tend to cut them off after three or four hours.
It turned out it was a little too cold and miserable for going to the park. Not only was the weather not great, but they kept on bothering each other, and then whining to me, so I didn’t get a chance to relax or read while they played. I did get the chance to read an article about Islay distillery Bruichladdich, nevertheless. Most of the text is behind a paywall — sorry. My father had recommended it, but it wasn’t easy to find on my Kindle, because it’s from a previous issue. I hadn’t realized that Kindle magazines get removed from one’s archives after they’re seven issues old. Ostensibly, this is to save space, but I have hundreds of books on my Kindle, and there’s still plenty of space.
After about 45 minutes, we went home. I intended to try to get them to do a little homework, but JH couldn’t find his, so I had him work on his book report, which is always the same: five sentences on a non-fiction book.
We don’t have a lot of food in the house, so I think maybe we’ll take the bus down to Whole Foods for some mac and cheese for them, and maybe a salad for me.