As I begin to write this blog we have about 2 hours to go in our Silent Saturday experiment. We arrived home after midnight last night so the entire family is a little tired this morning and no one (even the dogs) were up before 7. The wife got up shortly after that and the kids around 8 so we are all half way through this experiment in quietness.
My initial thoughts are thus…
- I am enjoying the relative quietness. I mean the dogs still make noise (the licking of various dog body parts seems somewhat louder compared to other days). So far, only the daughter has slipped up stating a six word sentence that really did not communicate anything meaningful (“I have my own makeup bag.”).
- During this, listening to music is better than watching a TV show. The wife and I sometimes either listen to a podcast (NPR’s Planet Money) or watch yesterday’s Colbert Report but we often discuss the shows (pausing them while doing so). This is not possible today so that took away from the enjoyment. Listening to music is better (preferably a CD that you do not know all the words to so that you are not tempted to sing along out loud).
- We need some way to communicate. I did not think this through. I suppose if it were an emergency then this experiment would end right then and there but what about a minor emergency (like say the puppy wants outside [something that cannot wait even 15 seconds for us to act it out {please, don’t think too long about us acting out the fact that the puppy needs to go outside to use the bathroom}]). The wife and kids know the letters of the alphabet for sign language but I do not. We are left with pen and paper (or keyboard and notepad.exe). I thought by now the wife would have tried to IM me via Facebook.
I will let you know how the experiment ends later.
Jon
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