The kid’s are at their Grandparents for the close of their Summer Vacation, making for a quiet house. One of the unusual abilities of the brain is to adjust itself and create a “new normal.” So prolonged time at sea gives one sea legs; prolonged exposure to dark results in increased sensitivity to light; and prolonged exposure to kids results in … accepting certain level of chaos as normal.
They are old enough now that they can be lightly monitored. Usually, silence is an indicator that they’re up to something. Screaming, arguing, laughing and general havoc and running around is the norm. There’s a certain threshold that has to be crossed before parental intervention becomes necessary. Even then, they’re clever enough now that I know the more aggrieved of the two is engineering the intervention. Such is the life of the parent of post-toddlers.
Perhaps a more succinct way of stating it is that, their absence is noticeable.
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