Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 - 9:08 p.m.

The journalist who was beheaded was a friend of a friend. Being that close to something like that kind of boggles my mind.

In cheerier news, Q, who was persuaded to try playing school with my MIL recently, has declared that she does not need to go to school until she is 16. *whew*. I had been a bit worried that her grandmother would make it seem like such fun that she would start petitioning to go. I can imagine that it really could have gone either way. But, fortunately, she seems to be against it for now.

Tonight she built a castle for U to knock down, then 'read' a book to him, then played a game of Candyland Bingo with him. It was awesome.

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