Summer: Tuesday 6-18-24

I thought having the kids home from school would make our days less crazy, but somehow their presence at home seems MORE insane. I'm constantly worrying that Lucia hasn't woken up, that they haven't remembered to take Farrah out, that they're wasting the day on screens. Some of these happened today--Lucia wanted to wake up at 8:30 but didn't get up till 10; they forgot to take out Farrah, then Greta took her out but forgot to bring her in and she was outside in the heat for an hour. Etc. It's not ideal. (But they're not on screens.)

I went to work until early afternoon, then came home to do my final work from here, which was fine but my attic office is sweltering--I'll be getting a freestanding AC when we get back from NH. Then I drove the kids to their summer tutoring venue, where they worked on math with their new tutors. It went well, and I think it'll be a good addition to the summer.

Afterward, we went to the pool for a swim and dinner. Hardly anyone was there despite it being a hideously hot day. 

Tonight, Andrew set up our new countertop ice maker because of fridge's ice maker has died. This is yet another step in our kitchen's slow decline. Soon, the appliances themselves will give out. It's a race against time to get our Reno underway. (Autocorrect will not let me write Reno without capitalizing it. Appropriate, perhaps, because "getting our Reno underway" would certainly be one way of winning the funds necessary for our renovation.)

The kids are now down in the basement with their slime, filming ASMR videos. 

What We're Reading

Margo: The Paris Novel (half-heartedly. I need to return it to the library and that's okay)

Andrew: Erik Larson, and his new volume of Proust arrived today for his NH reading

Lucia: Snow Globe (the Korean-translation dystopian novel; finishing it up)

Greta: In a departure from Throne/Realm/Kill/Cruel/Wolves, she began House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Watching: Too busy this week to watch anything