October 17. My son uses words like multiplanetary species and microwave background with great confidence. Excellent questions: Can you go around the earth and gain a day? I can’t explain it properly even with Jules Verne. Instead, I feel like a jet lag dad. You’d think it would be easy to steal a few hours of sleep here and there for a weekend like this. In fact, for long stretches of time, I’m either unaccountable or completely out of it. I need to get much better at this.