Oliver and Charles were peeling a carrot in the kitchen while I was making dinner. Oliver had been manning the peeler for awhile, and Charles finally said in disgust, " It's mine turn to skin it."
Jonathan and I were talking in the kitchen tonight while I was fixing dinner. "Jonathan, I'm taking off the entire day on Friday. I'm not going to work at all. I'm not even going to check my email or answer the phone." There was a long pause, and Jonathan gave me a look with one eyebrow raised. "Ok, I have to check my email, but look at the bright side. I won't be checking it while we are at the pool."
I was at a meeting last week where we were promoting the Human Life Amendment, and some people there asked about birth control. Martin (the Rep. carrying the bill) and I both said that we were not in any way opposed to birth control, that the amendment had absolutely nothing to do with that, and that we encouraged some people to use birth control. Believe it or not, there was a woman there who came completely unglued, livid with us that we would murder the possibility of future children by using birth control. Martin thought for a moment and then broke into that Monty Python song, "Every sperm is sacred." I thought it was really funny, but I think the effect was lost on her. I also have a feeling that she was one of the very few people in Georgia who would yell at me for having too few children. She was single, of course.