Today I left work at noon and took Charlie and S to the 
Space Crime Continuum for a BeginnersDungeonAdventure. They had a great time. It lasted nearly two hours and it was a good introduction to the game. We got home a little before 4pm and I decided not to go back to work. Soon enough it will be fall and I won't have the flexibility to take an afternoon off.
It was interesting watching Charlie play D & D. It was a little painful at times to watch his imagination carry him away from making obvious inferences or recognizing obvious consequences -- only painful, I suppose, because I can still remember doing things like that myself. I can still feel the rush of blood to my face when I realize how foolish I've been. I mostly managed to keep my mouth shut and just observe the game from a distance.