New Rules

It dawned on me recently that a new rule has developed in my family. If someone is asked to do a chore or a favor, and a cat is sleeping on that person, that person is now exempt from any obligation asked of them.

For instance, if I call out for someone to unload the dishwasher and it turns out a cat is sleeping on them, they no longer have to unload the dishwasher. I may do the chore myself or call on a sibling to take the chore instead. There may be some grumbling on the part of the sibling, but it is generally understood that whomever has a cat sleeping on them is now rendered useless because they have just become a human bed for a sleeping cat -- and that takes precedence.

It works for me as well. When a child of mine asks me to do something and I say, "I would, but the cat is sleeping on me," they say, "fine, I'll do it myself" (which they probably should have done themselves anyway).

We are thinking about getting more cats.

3.15

We did not, however, celebrate the Ides of March. I think celebrating the assisination of a tyrannical leader belongs to someone else.

Happy Pi Day

Yesterday was Pi Day -- 3.14. We celebrated by making little individual chocolate cream pies and discussing how Pi is the largest irrational number in the universe. We also discussed measuring the circumfrence of a circle.

Pi Day -- Hoorah!