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It could be a long night. Wife has just settled little kid back into bed. Big kid is coughing and snorting away, wide awake two and a half hours after going to bed. He’s started his asthma plan, and the room reeks of Olbas Oil and Vicks VapoRub.
Enjoyed this morning’s PTA meeting. Lots of great energy and ideas for raising money for our kids' school.
Little kid fell asleep on my lap, as usual, watching videos of planets and being at one with the Universe.
This morning he exclaimed:
“Dad! You’re so… wide!”
Last night big kid fell asleep in his bed while wearing in-ear buds, ear defender “headphones” and an elasticated eye mask. Apparently he was “trying to be at one with myself”.
I ripped them all off him before I went to bed.
This morning he complained:
“Dad! Why didn’t you just wake me up?!?!”
Oh, and printed a couple of things I’ll need later on our new home printer - only to discover the kids have used up all the colour already printing off photos of planets.
I could use the printer at work, but it’s almost certain not to work when I actually need it to work.
Spent the morning going over the AI’s homework that I assigned it last week, correcting it and filling in the gaps. Still quicker than doing it myself? Not sure, although I found its formatting helpful to follow, and that surely saved me some time.
Virtual meeting completed eventually after the organiser (initially) and my boss (all together) failed to appear.
Quick lunch and out for two back-to-back in-person meetings (likely with all the same people).
Last weekend I was discovering the joy of listening to Leeds-based band English Teacher, whose singer Lily Fontaine hails from Colne, near Pendle, in Lancashire.
This weekend I’ve been rediscovering the joy of listening to Leeds-based band Chumbawamba, whose singer Alice Nutter hails from Burnley, near Pendle, in Lancashire.
One of English Teacher’s songs “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab” references the Pendle Witch Trials.
Alice Nutter, of course, was the name of one of the Pendle witches, and Chumbawamba’s Alice Nutter went on to write a play about the Witch Trials.
Big kid always leaves his pizza crusts and asked me to make a stuffed crust instead.
I forgot all about, so just folded over the edge at the last moment before it went in the oven. It’s delicious, but looks and feels more like a pie, and no. 1 son didn’t like it at all!
