The new year is about a week old, and it's unusually quiet.
My mom's two-week visit ended last weekend, so the busyness of our time together (Newseum, Colonial Williamsburg, Archives, seeing Christmas lights, etc.) has passed. Homework hasn't really started back up yet for the kids, nor has Scouts, and there's no winter sports this year. Work has been unusually quiet: I even had time to run an errand before lunch today. I've been able to sit and read at night--I finished Dave Cullen's brutal but excellent Columbine in only three days--and might even be able to share a Netflix evening with Mary tonight.
And yet, and yet, and yet...
I know there's more to come. Brownies starts again Thursday, including cookie sales over the next couple of weeks. David has work to do to finish one merit badge, and is on the verge of starting First Aid--a killer when I was in Scouts and doubtless challenging still. Plus he has his Battleship campout later this month; I have three projects at work that will consume the middle part of Janaury; and the end of the second quarter at school means there will be more homework and tests still to come. So it's not as if I know I can get away with the quiet for long. After all, we never can....
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