leisure time
On Thursdays I only work a half day: the teachers and administrators in Lexington need their weekly professional development time, but the kids and assistants get the afternoon off (when it comes to professional development—and many other things—we assistants are left entirely to our own devices). I'm always tempted to use the time to get things done, just as Leah is tempted to use my presence to allow herself to get things done—because heaven knows there's a lot that needs to get done around here. Cooking, cleaning, researching, organizing, crafts; those baskets won't weave themselves! But as much as we're working on enjoying the labor these days, there is something to be said for taking some time off. So we went for a bike ride.
Just like last time it was tremendously windy (our local airport recorded a gust of 46mph while we were out and about), but the bizarrely warm weather as long as we weren't being knocked from our bicycles we didn't mind too much. Plus we also changed things up a bit by taking to the woods, which blocked the wind considerably. And then what wind we could feel had less effect that it might have had we been going faster than two or three miles an hour, the best we could manage through the clinging mud. Five or six miles of that, and then the same on the road on the way home, ought to earn us some kind of medal!
After that it was off to the food pantry for dinner and then the library for an hour or so; thence home and to bed for the kids and, after a reasonable amount of pleasant companionship, for the parents as well. So not much got done, but that's ok: now we're ready for tomorrow.