No Agenda

I am still in the midst of my House marathon. And I've finished the anthology of travel stories I was reading, which I've now followed up with The Untold Story by Monica Ali -- an alternative take on what happened to Princess Diana after 1997.

An interesting premise, actually, albeit one that has "conspiracy theory" written all over it: what if the disappearance was not a real death, but merely a death of one's current life, to be able to resurface and begin anew? It's a "what could've been" that is disturbing and yet exhilarating at the same time. How could a mother choose to leave her children behind? And yet, given the strictures of her stifling life, how could she not grab this chance at freedom?

In the almost 2 weeks that we've been off work, this has been the first, engagement- and chore-free day I've had, with nothing more on my agenda than to eat, sleep, watch, read, and of course, play with the 2 little ones and Hubby. Not bad, huh?

Angel has now gotten her groove in riding her bike sans training wheels, all in the space of 2 days. When she really puts her mind to it, she does learn with amazing speed. And since little Sarah idolizes her older sister so much, she tries to keep up by biking as well.

 

Wish I could say the same with her willingness to learn her multiplication tables though. Oh well...

We -- Angel and I -- have also finished putting some Coca-Cola into our star-shaped ice cube tray (covered in Cling-wrap) to have "Coke-sicles". We're putting the cubes to freeze for about an hour or so, then put in some toothpicks and freeze some more till they're rock-solid.

Next on our agenda: to play Rush Hour -- we found this game at Hobbes & Landes in Greenbelt 5, which promises to chelenge one's strategic thinking skills in trying to manipulate vehicles on a grid, with the object of having one's car escape from the gridlock of rush hour traffic. Let's see if this helps Angel practice thinking several steps ahead...

Right now, lazing around is just pure bliss. And that deserves thanks.