I loved the Sweet Valley Twins series as a kid. Recently I picked up a few of the books for Dorothy. She was chatting about the main characters, Elizabeth and Jessica, and she referenced The Sixers, which turns out to be the school newspaper. When I asked what The Sixers was, Dorothy fussed, "Mom! Didn't you say you read these!?!"
I went in Dorothy's room to wake her up the morning after the Grammys. She was just a blue lump, 100% covered by blankets. "Last night, Taylor Swift got two awards and announced that she is releasing an album on April 19," I told the lump. Was it awake? A moment passed. "A re-release or a new album?" the lump gruffed.
Dorothy explained, "At school they've made fractions easier for us because we all lived through Covid." "Oh," I replied, "so the math that kids usually do at the beginning of third grade, you're doing closer to the end of third grade?" "No," Dorothy clarified, "they're just making the fractions easier because we all lived through Covid."Dorothy was reading a book about manners. "One thing the book doesn't cover," Dorothy told me, "is what to do if you meet a famous person like Taylor Swift. Should you go up to her and talk, or give her privacy?"
Taylor Swift sings, "My drug is my baby; I'll be using for the rest of my life." Dorothy expressed some concern as to whether Taylor has done drugs. I explained that she is saying that she is obsessed with her baby the way that some people are obsessed with drugs. "So she means 'My baby is my drug,'" Dorothy concluded.