A quiet morning
My mother was kind enough to take Emmeline and James off our hands last night for a sleepover at her house, across town, so it's just been Bonnie, Bob, the cat and me this morning. It's like a completely different world -- no shrill yelling or screaming, just relative peace and quiet. Bonnie and I slept in until about 9AM -- really unusual for us, we're usually up before 7 -- and Bob just watched TV and helped himself to breakfast.
The quiet won't last, of course. We'll get the kids back sometime this afternoon, and it'll be business as usual. But we're just enjoying it while it lasts.
We've mostly recovered from the recent poor weather. It's sunny today, though bitterly cold, and the meteorologists tell us that it will slowly warm over the next few days but should be relatively quiet, otherwise -- a blessed relief, all things considered. The kids will be back in school on Monday, and life will once again return to normal.