Frigid

As expected, school was canceled yesterday. In fact, they canceled it before Wm even got home from school the day before! It was horribly cold. I asked Wm if he wanted to go to work with me or Steve or to Clubhouse and he picked my office (mostly because he calls my waiting room "his office" and sits in there and plays on the computer all day). I bundled him up like the kid from A Christmas Story (including the only thick scarf I could find, which was pink, much to Wm's dismay) and off we went. Just getting from the car to my building was awful. I turned space heaters blasting on both of us and I didn't see or hear from Wm again until I dragged him away for lunch. He was cozy and happy next door!  He is back at school today. And it's Friday. What a first week back!!

Wm drew me a picture of an anatomically correct heart for Christmas. I put it in my office (where it has garnered much acclaim from all the biomedical engineers!) I took a picture of Wm with it when he was here yesterday!

Heart drawing behind Wm!

At breakfast this morning…

Wm: I HATE this iPad stand!!!! It's broken and it won't stay up. ARRRRG!!!

Me: Hashtag First World Problems

Wm: What does that even mean?

Me: [explains "first world" vs. "third world" and why getting so upset over a faulty iPad stand is a "first world problem"]

Wm: [staring at iPad screen] Hmmmm.

Me: Are you even listening to me?

Wm: Yep.

Me: You are not! Hashtag First World Kid.

Wm: [deep breathe] MOMMY. 

Takes after his father, that one.

I'm not liking Ender's Game very much. However, it is Wm's favorite book we have read so far. It's pretty long (nearly 500 pages) and we are about halfway through. Sadly. Wm has picked it to do a project in school. He has to write a persuasive letter to the author, arguing about some aspect of the story or a character he would like to change, and why. It's due next Friday and we have to finish this thing first. Blah.