Small Good Things

1. LG has decided to shift Tiny Boy's "lesson" from 11 to 9:30 am, which works better for all parties.  Today they began a multi-day project the goal of which is producing a cat toy.  Today they conducted an experiment to see what the cats like.  (It was wonderful and also hilarious to listen to their discussion from the next room.  They were so serious.  LG calculated percentages (?!!)  Tomorrow they will design the toy on paper.  For so much of the day LG is grumpy in general and with the sibling in particular, so THIS is such a wonderful thing.
2. I pulled Tiny Boy off the TV 30 minutes earlier this morning to set up the school laptop.  The result is he's been on a screen virtually all day.  However he has also been quiet and focused.  And, bonus:  he listened to Michele Obama read The Gruffalo, which is a fav, on YouTube/PBS Kids.
3. We walked downtown yesterday to the "urban" Target to pick up a 5 lb bag of flour and jelly beans (priorities, people!).  It's about a mile each way, and Tiny Boy did the whole thing on a scooter.  Amen.  (And thanks to our neighbor who sewed him a mask for his teeny face.)
4. I finished Ben Lerner's first novel Leaving the Atocha Station, and it's okay, but not as good as 10.04.  I'll order The Topeka School since it's checked out from our library, and I seem to like Lerner well enough to own his books.  Right now fiction is good, which is surprising because generally I haven't liked fiction since the unfortunate event of November 2016.
5. I took a walk today in my pajamas.  Because, why not.  It feels like all the trappings of civilized society are going away, and that mostly feels good.