When I dropped Brynja off at pre-school this morning, I got confirmation that Yrsa has been accepted to start there in the fall. This is very good news, because I really need some kid-free work time, and this is the only place we’re willing to send her. I’m sure that the other pre-schools in town are perfectly good, but we’ve had a kid enrolled at this one continuously for seven years, and we’re very happy with it. Not only that, but if she went to another place, we’d have the two youngest in two different pre-schools, and that’s a hassle I’m not willing to take on. We need submit a schedule in the next couple of weeks, and I think we’re mostly settled on three six-hour days. The price is nearly double for more than twenty hours per week and, more important, full-time daycare for little ones just isn’t my cup of tea.

At the moment, though, I probably wouldn’t mind sending the entire family away for a week or so. I have so much to get done, and so little opportunity to make much headway. I really need to hammer out at least five or six good pages for my thesis proposal tomorrow while Olof keeps the kids occupied. I also have a big essay due on May 24th, but I just don’t have the time or energy to think about that at least until the beginning of next week.

I’m sure everyone has been on pins and needles wondering about the Amanda Vickery thing, and I’m sorry to disappoint, but I didn’t have the opportunity to talk to her at all, really, let alone stir up any controversy. It’s just as well, as I enjoyed the lecture quite a lot and found her very smart and funny. I’d hate to have put a damper of any sort on the day.