Damn! I am so bored I want to eat my own face off! OK, I've no idea where that sentence came from because, really, I have no desire eat my own face. Or any idea how to do it, come to think of it...though I guess I am bored enough to now be considering how exactly such a thing might be done. Oh boy.
Today is the first full day of the kids' summer vacation. It is also COLD and has been raining nonstop all day, and I have a splitting headache. The kids, on the other hand, seem happy enough. Ian spent about five hours making pancakes from scratch (and no, we weren't out of Bisquick; he just wanted to make "super-nice" pancakes) and oh-so-gradually cleaning up, and is now wrapped up in a blanket on the back porch with a book and a blender full of smoothie. He was reading but now seems to be talking nonstop (I suppose to me) about cruciferous vegetables. Paul is still in his pajamas and has been reading, as far as I know. He tried to invite a friend over but sadly for us, no joy there, so reading it is. Sometimes on the couch in the living room, where I was for a while, and sometimes in a chair in the basement. He's unpredictable, that kid. Full of surprises.
OK, I just had my excitement for the day. A nice young man selling books and magazines came to the door, and I ended up chatting with him quite a while, buying a magazine to be donated to the Ronald McDonald House, and giving him a jacket. In the summer we get a bunch of such salespeople, working for commission and "points" somehow, I imagine because we're in such an affluent area. Anyway, it's been pouring rain all day, and I hated that jacket.
So, what else? Really, my mind is just numb. It is in that phase where it has been so completely infused with boredom that it seems to be refusing to work. There was a book I was enjoying reading, but that is two rooms away and I can't even be bothered to move from my chair on the back porch. I need to make "chore lists" for the boys and write up the summer "contract" of privileges (screen time) and responsibilities, but even though the computer is actually on my lap I don't really feel up to that right now. I want to make chili but seeing as that requires a trip to the store for beans, it seems just about as feasible as making beef Wellington, or possibly a time machine. I did actually get Ian signed up for two weeks of summer classes this morning--archery and drama--and I put the basement carpet back down and cleaned up there so that Paul would have a place to play Legos and what-have-you, so that seems like a good day's work right there.
I've been walking almost every day lately and have taken some nice nature pictures of my marsh, but they are still on my phone so clearly that's not going to happen at the moment. So what else is going on? Well, the only real news (other than the fact that we're getting excited for our Scotland trip--at least I am) is that the kids did indeed make it through sixth and second grade. True, we sort of assumed Paul would survive the year academically intact, but Ian, I have to say, did have some dicey moments. Turns out those middle school teachers are sticklers for actually turning in work...it's not enough just to do it and leave it on the kitchen table. Go figure. But Ian did eventually get the hang of this and ended up doing quite well.
OK, it turns out that the one thing that will shift me from this chair is the weather...I'm starting to shiver so that's it from Chez Lynn for today. (And yes, Mara, if you read this, I am going to practice!) Feel free to leave me lots of comments: since obviously I have nothing else to do I will be continually (and sort of pathetically) checking here and Facebook to see if anyone said anything.
