Now what?

Early, very early this morning, Jon & Jonah began their journey to Honduras. By 9:00, they had called from Texas during the walk to their next flight. Everyone was in good spirits, Jon said.

Wish I could say the same thing about homelife. Gable is taking this pretty hard ~ he's really never been apart from Jonah for more than the occasional sleepover. And apparently I don't make breakfast the same way that Jon does. Gable told me that Dad 'just knows' what he wants for breakfast. Sorrrry.

So, after we all fell back to sleep after seeing them off, we all just kept laying around. Finally we got up and did our chores. The dishes are done, the garbage is out, the bathrooms are clean, the schoolwork is done, etc.

Now what?

I am all sorts of out of whack. I feel like I am on vacation a bit. If only the sun would shine! It's been such a rush the past couple of days to get everything packed up and cleared out and now that it's finally cleared out, I am at a loss as to what to do next. I do have several ideas, but Jon has poo-pooed most of them. My greatest/dumbest idea is to tear out the bathroom between the kitchen and the living room so that it would be one big living space. That bathroom is nasty, so nasty. It is one of the few rooms that we have not addressed since moving in four years ago. I can't paint it or do anything to it because all of the drywall is rotten and needs replacing. Obviously, I can't replace the drywall, but I might be able to tear down the walls. I would love for someone to help me so that I can easily point the finger at them when Jon returns. Jon says that we need a bathroom on the first floor. Need, schmeed. I think we can put one in the basement. Jon says we should do that first and then tear out the bathroom, but I know that he will never put one in the basement unless I tear this one out first and then he'll be forced to! How mad could he possibly be? What is he really going to do? I think he'd just shake his head and laugh. Maybe? Maybe not?

hmm.

So, I've also thought of painting the living room (again) or tearing off the wallpaper of the bathroom upstairs (nasty room too) and painting that. I did try to go to the landscaping place yesterday to get a load of mulch for the garden. Unfortunately, I didn't realize I had the cap on the truck and I don't know how to get the darn thing off...I've also thought of buying a tree for the garden and planting it, but that tree was $129.

I may put down grass seed. Our yard really needs it after two dogs all winter. I might make fresh bread and hummus tonight.

Or, I might do nothing. But what is nothing anyway when there are still two boys here? Can't take a nap (my #1 choice), still need to do schoolwork and chores, so what is nothing?

Guess I better work on figuring that out.