Busy, Busy

I feel like I can breathe soon.  Hopefully. All good things, and the summer seems to have started, but for me it sort of starts on Wednesday when the last of the sleep away campers leave. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

The eldest graduated high school, which was way more emotional then I thought it would be (for me, anyway).  She really has grown up. The kids have been around and alternately feverishly studying and getting "stuff for camp," which is really just a a way of getting stuff. When I was a little girl I played tent with my older sister. We always talked about what we had brought into the tent with us (mostly imaginary), I always had a ton of stuff. Even pretend, I liked to prepare for contingencies. So  I probably get them more then is really necessary.

Then, Thank the L-rd above, my niece got engaged so there was lots to do on that front, plus pack up the kids, two of whom left yesterday (staff), and two are leaving tomorrow.  Throw in a few weddings, normal daily stuff, (laundry, cooking, errands, shabbos),the kids who aren't going to sleep away camp, and what do you get?

LIFE!  In all its glorious busy-ness. I am thankful for every second.

Ummm.....

From the course:

"Inside your motor vehicle devices such as cellular phones, FAX MACHINES and stereos can interfere with driving."

emphasis added

Not Mice

I occasionally take advantage of the local grocery store's delivery service.   Sometimes, especially if there are lots of cans and jars, I am just not in the mood to shlep. Out of the cart into the car, then into the house, then, psychologically, unloading bags seems like a greater task then unloading a box.

Maybe, because the box (or two) is in one place it seems relatively neat. Maybe, that's why I leave it unloaded for longer than I would leave bags.

So this online course has me at the computer. I don't usually do this, but I set the boy up in the kitchen with his lunch. I heard him run into the foyer and then back to the kitchen, but I definitely heard him at the table.

Apparently he started unloading the box...

Blogging In Increments

We just got our insurance renewal, and since we have added a driver I decided it is certainly time to finally take a six hour course that will give me an extra 10% discount. Being the intelligent time saver that I am I decided to take an on-line course, which I now know, may have been set up for third graders-but since they cannot legally drive, more likely it was designed for those with a third grade reading level.

Thus I will be blogging more, as I wait for a page that I have finished reading in 30 seconds to complete its  countdown so that I can move on to the next page. Generally that's another minute or minute and a half.

It gives me time to ponder questions such as: If Geico would spend just a leeeetle less money on advertising (some of which is quite clever and entertaining) couldn't they save their customers 25% on car insurance? And if you have no idea what I am talking about, then perhaps you have been living under a rock (an idea referenced in one of their ads!)

Really though, I don't think I am more than ten minutes in, and I have no idea how I am going to fill this time.

I guess like this....