Busy busy

I have not posted anything for about 40 days, and I'm going to say it's because I have been busy, even though you probably should not believe that.  At least I haven't been what most people would think of as particularly busy, but my standard of what seems like a lot to do is lower than most.  In truth, I have been about as busy as most people are, but I'm having to adjust to working full-time and commuting well over an hour each way.  Still, during those 40 days I watched eight episodes of Breaking Bad and a full season of The Newsroom plus the start of the second season, and I'm sure I did lots of other leisurely things.  Busy is a relative term.

One thing that has taken my time is getting Lucas through his Eagle Scout project.  Last weekend we worked on that almost the whole weekend.  Then we had a scout meeting Monday night, then completed the project Wednesday evening, hanging 21 bird houses on a wooded property in North Bend.  Now he has to do a project report, present it to a committee, finish his last merit badge, and get his Eagle Scout application in by August 4, so it isn't over.  The biggest part is over though.

A few other things have conspired against me:  I have wanted to do some political posts, but those take time, because I try to make my points well, so I take more time with the writing, and I usually do a little research, so sometimes I just don't get started.  Work is pretty mundane; it looks like they will not be able to afford me full time, so I just keep putting in my hours and collecting a paycheck.  Good, but the same.  My kinda-sorta best guess is that I will be there until we take a cruise to Alaska the last week of August.  I take a 30-minute lunch; if it were an hour, I would probably write some days, but I would rather go home sooner.  Also, Lucas has been using my computer a lot lately, because it's better than his and it's farther away from Jarrod, and most of the time I just let him stay on it rather than kick him off.

One good thing is that I will be getting up at 5:15 tomorrow (that's not the good part) to take the boys to North Bend, where they will take off to a week of Boy Scout camp in Idaho, so Jackie and I are looking forward to a bit of quiet.  Tomorrow might be a post about being one year older.  Then I'll think about those political posts.