The kids have been out of school for four days now (19 to go!), and their bedtime is getting later every night. Which means that, in order that Olof and I have some mostly kid-free time to unwind, our own bedtime is getting later every night. This mightn’t be so bad, if it weren’t for the kids’ internal clocks rousting them out of bed at more or less the usual school-day time. Eight o’clock came pretty darn early this morning, considering that I’d fallen asleep some time after three a.m.

We can’t go on like this.