Seven days in Colorado with two adults, five kids (yeah, we left the littlest at home), and no washing machine. Hmm…how much laundry can that little scenario generate? You do the math. I’ll just answer with the words a lot. It can generate a lot of laundry. Like, so much that I’m currently avoiding it in a myriad of ways.
Amongst the myriad, here are some ways that stand out:
- Trolling my nephews
Tonight I got stuck while trying to help my fifth grader with his homework. I immediately consulted the brain trust – i.e. my nephews. They really are ridiculous. I tried to play Forbidden Island with them last weekend and their brains operated on a level so far above mine that I basically just had to let them play for me.
I texted them about number 17 and Avery immediately responded. So, I thought the only appropriate course of action was to accuse Tucker, ahem – who made a THIRTY SIX on his ACT, of not being able to handle the problem.
It was the only sensible thing to do.
Next…
#2 Looking at potential ski wear for Billy next season:
#3 Trying on dresses that I’ve neither worn nor would fit into since 1998:
It’s a fantastic dress, though, isn’t it?
#4 Marveling at how much Hank looks like Steve McQueen:
Being a movie star would suit Hank just fine. A couple days ago he told me he’d love to be ejected from a football game because everyone would be looking at him when he walked off the field. Yeah, let’s go on and face palm that.
And lastly,
#5 Working on my Christmas Cards
Look, isn’t it more fun to write ‘Lots of Girls and James’ in the address line instead of ‘Mr and Mrs James Wessel.’ Plus, sometimes you just need to give the postman something to laugh at.
So is my laundry done? Nope. But my Christmas Cards are. Well, sort of. No stamps and no return addresses but other than that they’re done. So, 1/3 of the way done…or something like that. You know, you’ll just have to do the Math.