Me again. Amy.

Forced again into making blog posts. Mom’s computer was down for a week (I think Ben had something to do with that ) and so I was sneaking in some FB posts and such. Then we went on vacation for 10 whole days at Aunt Sylvia’s, and I didn’t get to do ANYTHING online. Bummer.

Now we’re back, and I can’t believe summer is almost over. I go back to school in a week. I don’t know what’s worse, being bored at home, being bored at Aunt Sylvia’s, or going back to school. To be fair, I got to do a lot of reading at Aunt Sylvia’s, and Ben was WAY too occupied by video games to be a bother. Auntie has a collection of antique (at least 8 years old) game consoles and games, and Ben was in heaven. She also has a killer collection of mysteries (sorry), which is how I spent my time.

Yesterday, I got to hang out at the pool with Beth and Clara, and we simply melted in the dry heat. We tried to pay attention to the older boys and their antics, but it was too warm to concentrate. I forgot how hot it gets here. We’ve lived all over, and spent a lot of time in the Midwest (nice, when it’s not muggy), and of course last summer we were in England (where everything is always green). But everything here in Cow-ifornia is very brown, killed by the sun.

After that, I read a fun and quirky book, all in one sitting. “Alex and the Ironic Gentleman” [link here]. A little below my usual reading level, but I liked it anyway. Mom picked it up at half price from a little bookstore that was going out of business. I hate it when bookstores close. You would think more people would read, then we wouldn’t have this problem.

Oops, gotta go. Clara’s texting me about meeting for ice cream. Yum!