Midweek Journal

~ Laura

I'm staring at two word documents and hating life. Two rough drafts. Zero completion. I need to finish off everything in the next week, when camp and solitary hours in front of the computer end. 

Upstairs, the painters are working on boys' bedrooms, a hallway, and a bathroom. I let the boys pick the colors. Did they pick nice pale neutrals? No, they did not. Jonah chose this color. Ian went with whorehouse red. I'm heading to Target right now for an oatmeal rug, a white lamp, a white board, white pillow cases. The furniture is going to get a coat of Decorator White. Ian is, of course, completely thrilled. I think he likes the coccoon-ish feel of the room. 

Jonah is still away for the week. This is the second week that we've lost him this summer. I will not let him go anywhere ever again. I may not let him go to college. 

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12 thoughts on “Midweek Journal”

  1. that’s a very muted sort of red. not whore-housey at all. but you are right, white is called for.

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  2. “Jonah is still away for the week. This is the second week that we’ve lost him this summer. I will not let him go anywhere ever again. I may not let him go to college.”
    I’m starting to feel this way about my older one, too. We decided on no sleep-away this year. But, next year, she’s campaigning for 3 weeks away a two hour plane flight away.

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  3. “But, next year, she’s campaigning for 3 weeks away a two hour plane flight away.”
    My sister does white water trips out West and she’s worked on a number of occasions with NE camps (I’m thinking that one of the groups is a Jewish camp). I don’t know how long the camps run, but they drive around in a van and do activities in different locations. It must be ridiculously expensive.

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  5. “..I will not let him go anywhere ever again. I may not let him go to college..”
    #1 told us we are boring, last week. This after being at a friend’s place for 28 hours and wanting to stay longer. I gathered myself together and said, “Of COURSE we are boring. You are 15.” I think he gets to go to college, if for nothing else but for absence to make his cold little heart grow fonder.

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  7. They get older, and you get more okay with them being gone. Or, get more kids. My fourth is gone and it’s close to the third day before I really notice. I used to totally freak out when the first two were his age. I’d hope for illness so they’d have to come home from camp early. Never happened.

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  8. dave s., I’m with you. Though I know I’ll miss Geeky Boy when he goes away next fall, I’m thinking we could all use some time apart at this point.

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  9. Another colour that works well with the deep red is light grey. If the white is too high maintenance, going for grey or nickel-finish items can both make a boy happy and bring a little light to the room.
    Eldest is 17 and utterly awesome. I am going to miss her so much when she goes away to university (there’s a small chance she’ll stay at home because, hey!, free tuition, but the kid has dreams and has done more than her share of sibling management).
    Good luck with the drafts. I’ll slip you one of my unfinished pieces if you want to send me yours. No? Dangit!

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  10. awww… I love the ending. And I don’t know the feeling yet. I think that having only one boy gone would feel really strange. The two of them were away for 3 days with my SIL in June and K and I enjoyed the break very much.

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  11. I’m having E’s room repainted, and it’ll be a light sea-blue of some sort. E can’t have rugs or curtains (dust mite allergies + lazy parents) so I use wooden shades in a light/medium wood for accents. The mix of the blue and the light/medium wood works.
    We’re going to Germany in a few weeks sans kids, who’ll stay with my mom and be entertained by my sisters/their kids for the week. Last week I woke up in the middle of the night thinking, “I can’t go to Germany without my kids! What was I thinking? I can’t leave them!”

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