The Newspaper was Rubbish, but Otherwise a Good Day

Today was an annoying news day. I sat down to my cereal and coffee, and was regaled by my beloved with the news that our governor has signed a bill which will require all High School students to choose a major. The sooner they are tracked into their respective “career” paths, the better. Our Bush thinks the students will find school more interesting if they can see that they are being trained for jobs. I guess this plan makes sense if one thinks that the government is supposed to be developing a workforce, rather than educating citizens. This was followed by the news that some doctors have decided that “road rage” is a disease. Drivers making obscene gestures and pounding their horns are victims of poor health? Oh my!

The good news, though, was that the weather is supposed to be thunder-free until Thursday. This will give Bo a much needed break from his thunder terrors, and the kids a chance to play outside (hooray!).

Back when we first decided to sell the house, we took a bunch of “stuff” which we didn’t use much, but weren’t ready to part with, and piled it in the garage. Our garage became quite full, but the house looked less cluttered. The stuff included some of the kids’ toys, and the kids have ever since been making regular forays into the garage in search of lost treasures to bring back in and spread around the house. Today, it was our box of fake Lincoln Logs. T.’s inner Calvin came out, and he built Lincoln Log houses and then directed Robosapien to destroy them. K. found a pair of roller skates, and, considering the klutziness of the rest of her family, I thought she did surprisingly well with them.