When the dispose-all breaks, it's my role to make it a teaching moment. "Jonathan!"
I want to teach him confidence. And methodicalness.
There's reason to think it may be an electrical issue. We devise some tests and they point to the switch.
This gives us an opportunity to learn about the breaker box. Jonathan switches circuits off & on with his own hands (after spraying the wasp nest).
Get comfortable triple-checking for live wires, pulling switches, testing continuity.
Off to the hardware store for a replacement. Waa-Laa, fixed! Wife fulsomely praises son.
After driving Mary to a playdate, I take a walk.
The temperature has dropped from 108 -> 70 in a single day.
Butterflies are abundant this year. A Monarch rows through the air towards a tasty weed.
As it turns dark I go to pick up Mary. A police roadblock checks for drunks. People wouldn't have put up with this 50 years ago.
We try to watch an episode of "Lark Rise to Candleford" but it's degenerated into a socially-aware Victorian soap.
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