Post Grandchildren Blues

Nick

A chill in the air this morning, the first of late summer, 57 degrees outside, as summer begins its gradual slide into autumn.  Another shimmery lake morning, the sun rising an hour and a half later than then on the summer solstice.  It's good sleeping weather, windows open, though the cawing of the crows in the morning makes us want to turn the air conditioner on again.

Mitch

Tyler

The Girls

We are both suffering from the 'post grandchildren blues,' something that always happens after the departure of our families; we work like mad for a couple of days, filling the void with tasks, like making the beds, vacuuming, taking in the floats, but gradually, things are done and there's this huge void of nothingness: no grand kids, no jumping off the dock, no fishing, no little girls in our bedroom.  Nothing sounds good...kayking, taking a ride, going out to eat, watching a film.  Gradually, though,  the blues fade, interest returns, and we once again enjoy the leisure of retirement, of having the luxury to plan our days (rather than have it planned by others).  For now, we will just have to bide our time, wait for that spark to rekindle enthusiasms, and find things to do.  Maybe a to do list will help.

Well, we were able to keep the blues at bay, by keeping busy most of the day, Evie that is, though I pitched in some as usual.  Went to get more sand/dirt mixture to fill in the low spots on our lawn, which has been uneven since the putting in of a new lawn.  And there are bare spots so I am trying to reseed them over the next few months so that next year, the lawn will be tip top.  Evie spent much of the day weeding, then cutting the grass, so the yard looks pretty good after three weeks of disregard except for an occasional cutting.  We are going to the Leonard's tonight for pizza, with our neighbor Pat Jones, and tomorrow, the Shultz's, our neighbors four doors to the north, have asked us over for dinner, with a couple of other couples, so it will be nice to meet new people.  It's been a beautiful day but I don't feel like going out on the lake, either with the boat or kayak for some reason, just want to sit inside, enjoy the cool, and read my book.  It's 80 degrees outside but a lovely 71 in side, just right.

I also called HP today about difficulties with my printer since I downloaded the new Mac Lion software and got it straightened out pretty quickly.  I just needed to input a new password on my router, which took a few minutes, and both my computer and Evie's IPAD are attached wirelessly to the printer.