I got to work today. Roads are clear, but the snow/sleet is still forecast to arrive this afternoon. Drove the Jag (chains safely stowed in the trunk) and found that the cat handles nicely indeed on slippery surfaces. I just drive smooth, and steady on the pedals, then let the traction control computer handle the rest of the stuff. So for, it's working just fine, thanks.
My family is hibernating. Last night C and the kids made it to SW Portland for R's gymnastics workout. It was slow going. So, when they got back home at about 7PM, I had the dinner mostly ready to eat (C had put it in the oven to cook while she was gone). M, however, had fallen asleep in the car. I carried her in, and put her on our bed downstairs. I didn't even take her coat off her, just gently placed her there. She's eight; normally she wakes up from this sort of nap after a half-hour or so.
Not last night, she didn't. She claimed C's half of the bed until morning.
The awake members of the family ate together. C shared that she had a big headache and preferred to go straight to bed after eating.
That sounded like a good idea. So that's what she did.
With M already sleeping on the downstairs bed, C claimed my side of the bed.
R took seriously his new job* as official family dishwasher technician and loaded the dishes into the dishwasher with my assistance. We checked the news and discovered that Portland Public Schools had already announced a school closure for the next morning. With that news, he headed off to bed too. He read a while and had his light out well before 9:30.
So, everyone but me was in bed or sleeping by 8:30. And why not? They're tired, it's cold outside, and the bed is toasty warm.
I stayed up until about 11. First I did some computer work, then I crawled into a bed myself to read a bit of a book I've just started. I opted to just sleep in M's bed upstairs instead of disturbing the ladies downstairs. It was fine.
I got up this morning, and disturbed no one. C was up at about the same time. We let the kids sleep. C went back to bed after seeing me off. M and R were both still sleeping. At 10:30 this morning, R was still sleeping. For him, that's a good 13+ hours. M - having gotten started earlier - slept more like 14 or 15 hours.
The family needs this quiet time. Thanks to the weather for giving them the opportunity to have it now.
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* R has been a vocal critic of the 'cleanliness' of our dishes coming out of the dishwasher. Sometimes rightly so, but nevertheless he's been relentless. Our response was to suggest he take over being the family's dishwasher technician. That way, he can have complete ownership of the situation. His response? "Yeah!" He was glad to be put in charge!
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