The March wind blew as hard as it is possible for a March wind in Kansas to blow. It rained, and it was cold. The weather reminded me of past spring breaks when my kids spent the week on their own inside our house due to bad weather. I spent those spring breaks inside, too, except at the office.
At the time, I felt my children were responsible enough to stay home alone. Looking back, I now suspect, though, they were too young. (Just how did they break the toilet bowl and flood the bathroom?)
During this past spring break, I was home with my four visiting out-of-state grandchildren.
“What are you doing?” I asked the almost five-year-old as he swung a stick horse in the air.
“Sweeping the ceiling,” he answered.
“Of course,” I said.
“May I have a third cookie?” the almost nine-year-old asked.
“Of course,” I answered.
“I think I’m going to be sick,” another child said running toward the bathroom.
Of course she was.
“The strep throat test came back positive,” the urgent care nurse said.
Of course it did, I thought.
Did Grandpa and I have a great spring break? Well, of course, we did.