Crumpled Home

(while eating dinner)

RJ: I’d like to thank somebody tonight. I’d like to thank the Romans… for inventing toilets.

RJ: THANK YOU ROMANS!

(LR, Mum and Dad): Thank you Romans!

Dad: They invented plumbing and running water in houses too.

… a few moments later …

RJ: I’d like to thank somebody tonight. I’d like to thank the Romans again… for inventing running water!

RJ: THANK YOU ROMANS!

LR, Mum and Dad: (groaning) Thank you Romans!

… a few minutes later …

RJ: I’d like to thank somebody else tonight. I’d like to thank the Egyptians! For inventing paper!

(LR, Mum and Dad): ARRGGGHH!!

We’re back but are still suffering from “holiday hangover.” Jetlag is bad enough as an adult, but the kids seem to have it a lot worse. There’s a lowest-common-denominator of sleeplessness that we haven’t had to deal with in a long time.

Anyone want to buy two kids, cheap? Interested parties should have plenty of spare time between the hours of 2 and 6am.