One Sixteenth

Yay!!

My husband, the god of computers, has fixed ours - a feat which CompUSA declined to do without first receiving more money than our powerbook is worth.

Now that he has, the internet is not cooperating with me. I think it's sulking. I'm having a great deal of trouble sending email, half the web pages refuse to load, and I cannot seem to leave a comment on my own blog. So I am going to repond to comments here.

Susie, we miss you too. It's lonely. I have looked at LLB several times, and I always end up rejecting it. I think it's a very nice idea, but I am afraid it would end up being too much fluff. But if nothing else I will probably never buy it because of her copyright policy. She expressly forbids copying activity pages for use within the family, and wants you to buy each child a separate copy. No thanks, no deal.

M, thanks for the tips! It hadn't occurred to me to check out the community colleges. Will do. The depression is just a transitory thing and will likely be gone by the end of the week. I am finding that as I get older, transitions are more difficult. Plus, it does sometimes take some doing for the introvert to stay sane in a two-bedroom apartment with four young children.

And thanks too for your kind words about my creative offering . Polite criticism is appreciated. I write very few poems. I write mostly lyrics, and I deliberately wrote that piece as a type of chant. The structure has lots of problems, though I like the imagery too. At any rate, writing it worked the demon out of my head. It might be fun to play with the images in a different format.

To all who commented below: We are making very good use of the Chicago science museums, and we're about to make even better use of them as I plan to break down and buy a membership to the Field this weekend. I am fine with that being our science; that, and life. It's my kids who want experiments. I may just string them along until the fall, because wherever we go next is not likely to have as many museums and activities as Chicago. We can do experiments at home then.

Posted by Steph at April 20, 2004 11:28 PM