Summer: Tuesday 7-2-24

No work for me again today, another day of "PTO" as they say (paid time off). Lucia and Andrew worked on geometry this morning until Andrew had to get to some meetings. The girls and I gathered in our hammocks to read, but we quickly realized that none of us had *exactly* what we wanted to be reading today; so we headed to Books-A-Million to make our perfect selections. We also went to the comics store next door, where the girls each bought a new Funko Pop for their collections (Lucia got Elsa; Greta got Pocahontas).

After coming home and having lunch, we spent the next couple of hours--two? three?--in our hammocks, silent, reading. A perfect afternoon.

Then the girls met with their math tutors online, I made dinner, and we ate dinner outside. A nice, quiet, bookish day.

Last night, long after I wrote my post, Andrew convinced us to go outside to look at the stars since the sky was very clear. The girls and Andrew lay on a blanket for a while in the front yard; I stayed close to the house. It was perfectly quiet, no questionable rustlings, but my fear is the moment that no rustling turns to CLOSE AND SUDDEN RUSTLING. No one got attacked by anything, yay.

What We're Reading:

Margo: started and finished Sandwich by Catherine Newman

Andrew: Proust

Lucia: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Greta: started and finished Reckless; started and finished Powerful, both by Lauren Roberts