Views & News: School's (almost) out for summer

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

1. Last day of school for the boys is tomorrow. There was supposed to be a picnic at Minisculus' but it's too wet. Tonight is a ceremony at the middle school (not a graduation--they have stressed that) and then Minor is staying for the 8th grade dance.

2. I noticed something interesting (to me) last week during the ceiling catastrophe. I missed drinking any coffee Tuesday because I was in exile, but I didn't notice it. I didn't get that nail-being-driven-in-the-temple headache I normally get. Like, nothing, no physical sign that I was caffeine deprived. So maybe the anxiety adrenaline of the ceiling held it at bay? I don't know. I'm just making an observation. I started to feel it on Day 2 but I got some coffee and of course it went away

3. I'm about halfway through The Seamstress by Maria Duenas and enjoying it. It's an epic life story of a woman from Spain who lives in Morocco during the Civil War. I'm at the even of WWII now. Finished Bridge to Teribithia with Minisculus and now we're reading something called Clementine which is the typical 'kid does pranks and gets into trouble' story.

4. I cracked open a new jigsaw: Around the Word in 50 Plants.

5. No news from the Visiting Angels. :( I'm hoping everything is okay. I uploaded the COVID vaccine info per request but it's been crickets for a week.

6. I REALLY need to get cracking on my casefic for the exchange.

7. I like train ambient channels:

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Comments

[spiralicious]

Are you planning on doing summer book club with the boys again this year?

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I want to do one with Minisculus but the list his 4th grade teacher sent out is a bit on the simple side for him, and not really to his taste. I might see what the public library summer reading list looks like for his age group. I think I need to level up on my list, but, yes. Minor likes self-help books (I know!) but I have a thought of one I could do with him too.

[falkner]

I didn't know train ambient noises was a genre, and I'm happy to discover it! I have an app on my phone that can mix "white noise" sounds (I use it for rain + wind + thunder), that I'll listen to either to focus when writing or to help me fall asleep... there's been a couple of times I used it even while it was actually raining outside, because the real sound isn't as nice and clear to listen to sometimes.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I use rain, too. And ones with detective in the title. All kinds, but trains are one of my favorites. You can find dining car ones too with silverware sounds.

[debriswoman]

All the best with the start of the hols:-)
Interesting background sound, too
And good luck with everything.😊

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!

[kitarella_imagines]

I can understand that about the train ambient music, train noises are very soothing. I'd like to stay overnight on one sometime but I'm too afraid of being murdered in an Agatha Christie type plot! 🤣

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I would love to ride in an overnight sleeper, too.