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Today was one of the most frustrating I’ve experienced. Every attempt to read was thwarted; ditto attempts to nap. John was a sweetheart and offered to watch the shop for a couple of hours this afternoon. We came home and I dropped Jared and Alex off at the park to play. Luc was asleep until five minutes after I laid down to nap. When Jared and Alex got home I tried to lay down again but it was too noisy to drop off; then when we went back to Veritas I tried again and again to read but Luc interrupted me, Quinn interrupted (and then tried to help), and finally Lizzie interrupted. I headed home with the boys and juggled them until Jared got home.

I still am enjoying Chaucer, especially the tales I hadn’t read before. So far, the Clerk’s Tale, the Merchant’s Tale, and the Summoner’s Tale are firsts. While they are a little uneven in quality they are all very much worthwhile. I’m getting a bit more comfortable with the language and finding myself understanding better as I read on. I wish it read a bit faster though, that or I had more time to devote to it.

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