Untethered

Well, for the first time in I honestly don't know how long, I find myself with nothing to do. Like, nothing. I have waited and waited and pined for this moment, and now Lucy and I are staring at each other, untethered to any sort of routine or deadline or plan.

What now?

The long-awaited vacation is over. The cousins are gone. The house is clean. The plants are watered. My usual weekly dates with friends don't start up again until after the holiday weekend. I have binge watched Making a Murderer, The Americans, Orphan Black, House of Lies, and The Night Manager.  Last night I started 30 Rock, much to Nat King Cole's relief as she's been pushing me to watch it for years now, and after cackling my way through 6 episodes, I made myself go to bed.

Hey, Mom, if you twist the camera it'll make us look all wild and crazy.

My research is done and my essay is submitted for please God publication. No more documentaries or serious books for me this summer - or at least not on that topic. I need to be preparing the syllabus for Comp II. I need to be starting All The Reading for the Virginia Woolf class. I need to blog about good books that I've read lately. I need to cut down the forest that is our back yard. I need to resume The Great House De-Cluttering of 2016. I need to work out. I need to catch up on all the back issues of The New Yorker. I need to get some Japanese prints framed.

But instead I booked a trip to go see my brother and SIL next month.

I'll tell you about some adventures of late that haven't made it onto the blog yet. My most recent Em hike was out at Dinosaur Ridge (those footprints never ever get old) followed by a killer workout at Red Rocks Amphitheater. And by "killer workout" I mean that she was doing lunges and climbs and hops, breaking in some new hiking boots, and I was walking the bleachers from shade spot to shade spot.

We replenished our calories with a brunch at Lucile's. The Bloody Mary and creole food made my week.

Blackened salmon, cheesy grits, and eggs.

With a side of collard greens because I simply could not resist. OMG, so good.

Ok, that's all I got. 

 

Untethered indeed.