Too soon

My minimal time spent afoot yesterday led to my wounded foot turning green with bruises, so today I'm back on full bed rest *insert huge gusty sigh here*.

The kids have done their best to keep me entertained today. First there were board games, then Jake read our Tarot cards. I seem to be aspiring to fame and should rely on my family for support as well as inspiration. Chandler has a more horrific forecast in that all her cards were kind of ominous. I feel Jake may have stacked them that way. True to form, she could barely stop laughing as he pointed out her past-the devil card, her present-the death card and her future-the hanged man.

I ordered Jake a violin, he has decided as soon as it arrives that he will practice until he has mastered it, a process that should take about a week. He plans to go from there to the kendo sword, thus filling the last bit of time before our trip. It's good to have some plans that don't involve witchcraft. Hahaha!

Speaking ominous events, I had a really weird dream last night. I was cold and snuggled up with Matt in the classic spoon snuggle, me in front. Ben and Chan came in to ask me a question and they were both freaked out. I could barely wake up, I was so sleepy! I asked why they were so freaked, Chan said, "what are you doing? " I said (as I snuggled deeper and Matt wrapped his arms tighter around me) "I am freezing, so I am cuddled up with dad, why? "
She said, "mom. That's not dad."

Eeeeee! I woke up (being cuddled! ) and verified that it was still Matt, which I understand can be a little overwhelming when you were sound asleep 2 seconds earlier and suddenly need to give details about yourself to your crazy wife who wants to be very sure you are you. But, why can't he remember what color socks I was wearing December 5th, 2010?

Damn French People

So I was getting all ready to write Disney World about my brilliant idea. A roller coaster of the East Australian Current featuring Crush! I googled to see if there was already something like that in motion then I discovered that Disneyland Paris already has the very coaster I envisioned and it's been there since 2007.

What good is a brilliant mind if someone already had your idea? There's no proof you're actually brilliant I mean, maybe I read it somewhere and it lodged in my brain and in my boredom my brain coughed it up for me to think about. Maybe my brain wanted me to think I had an idea. That in itself is kinda worth thinking about.

In other news, since it has been about 3 hours since I last posted, I have started using talk to text. It's going okay. The software has a real issue with my accent. It appears I don't pronounce the G at the end of most words. I don't really have an issue with that but seeing it printed out makes me feel like a hick.

It's kind of cool to lay here talking to myself and see it appear on the screen, it is as close to being a deity as I will probably ever come. Plus I can say things like onomatopoeia and not have to wonder if I screwed up the spelling. Anyway it's a novelty and it's passing the time while I'm laying here icing my foot. I'll take what I can get in the way of distractions!




Check it out, I spent most of the morning looking up Healing Runes and then drawing them on my leg. Yes that is a rune from that book about Jace and Clary, no judging! If it works I'll be delighted, if not, I'll have a star on my leg, no harm done either way! Even us heathens need something to believe in.

Doldrums

Ugh, I had a tough couple of days trying to entertain myself!  hahaha!  
It was hot then rainy then hot again outside, there was nothing to watch here-no TV and no Netflix due in.
I had NO library books.
The kids are doing their own stuff for the summer and don't need much academic help from me.
We had everyone over Wednesday, so the house did not need any immediate cleaning.
I was BORED.


So, I got my favorite toy and went outside to take pictures of the flowers.  I was uninspired and ended up just making a catalog of what's currently in bloom or producing fruit.  Jake and I went to look at the local video store-yes, our town: population 500 has a video store, something nearby towns of 40k+ can't still say.  We may have to dial up for internet, but I can rent C.H.U.D. for a dollar.

There was nothing we had not seen or wanted to see.  This year has been really bleak for anything new and interesting.  The last couple of years, in fact.  Too many stupid comedies or war-related movies.  Blah.


Back home yesterday, I drug out the sun paper and played with that a while.  I got one print I rather like.  Then I polarized some of my flower shots and had one of those I kind of like.  I will post them both since, other than my t-shirt, they are the sole proof I even moved this week.  

Here's hoping I find some inspiration in the next couple of days, I am to the point of boring even myself.

Only Child

Since my elder two have defected from the family and have been living 'in town' since Tuesday, Ben has been my only child. For the most part, he has been bored and lonesome as I am not much company and cleaning the house has zero appeal for a 9 year old kid.

Yesterday, I let him off the hook and we played on the Wii at Suzette's house for a couple hours. I offered to take him out for lunch today, apparently that is yet another indicator of how very boring I am. 'Lunch' is something you do WHILE you are doing something fun, not a destination within itself.

Thank goodness Jake and Chan will be home this evening, so he won't actually die from the boredom of it all. And, in the meantime, I found a recipe for goo on the side of a can of corn starch.