\nAnd the children are their usual fractious selves.
\nWe\u2019ve listened to an awful lot of Pirate Christian Radio.
\nMore than I would have believed possible.
\nCounterbalanced against all that pure doctrine and exposition, the children have indulged in the gentle idolatry of \u201ccalling\u201d various portions of the cosmos.
\n\u201cI call New York.\u201d
\n\u201cI call Texas.\u201d
\n\u201cI call America.\u201d
\n\u201cWell, then I call the seas and skies and land.\u201d
\n\u201cWell, then, I call The Whole World.\u201d
\n\u201cI call time.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019ll share New York with you if you share America.\u201d
\n\u201cNo. I don\u2019t wanna share, I call infinity.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, Matt has been bitterly fussing with the non-working air conditioning.
\nIt\u2019s hard for me to feel bad, although I\u2019ve tried to be sympathetic. I love being too hot.
\nI love the sticky, relaxing haze of being too hot and sweating everywhere.
\nIt\u2019s really the single thing I most regret about living in the US\u2013the fact of having to always be too cold.
\nIt\u2019s too cold all winter. And when the temperature finally comes up to a decent point,
\neveryone, in frantic anxiety, cranks up the AC so that it might as well be winter.
\nI have as many sweaters in my bag as I have anything else.
\nBecause Texans don\u2019t want to be any warmer than New Yorkers.
\nToday we will reach our destination, God being provident and giving more grace.
\nIf not, well, let\u2019s not think about that.
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