That didn't take long

Jeremy got a job, which is Good Thing. It is going to take him away quite a lot, which is A Rather Horrid Thing. Still and all, there is every indication that he will enjoy it, and that it will Look Good on his CV. And we no longer have to sell the children for experiments. Yay.

So I'll do the experimenting right here at home. I read in an account of Scott's polar expedition that part of his remit was experimenting, on his men. (Not that sort of experimenting. Stop it right now.) But he would set them tasks, in conditions so harsh we cannot imagine, and arrange their diet so that some men would eat naught but protein, and some just carbohydrate. For days. Just to see how they would manage. So when I cut my finger last week, doing carrots or somesuch, and my initial thought wasnt OWWWW, but 'how the heck am I going to practise' (my second though was, trust me, OWWWW) I've decided to feed the kids nothing but pizza, frozen peas and fruit juice. At least until next Wednesday. And if they thrive, well who knows . . . ?