“Don’t MAKE me get off this HAMMOCK!!!”

It’s only 15 days, 8 hours, 47 minutes until the bus arrives for the first day of school, and not a moment too soon.  I have now taken to arming myself.  Aliya took this picture at camp this weekend.  No, I didn’t take a shower that day.  Yes, I’m so lazy that when I got chilly I just put my fleece on backward instead of sitting up and putting it on the right way.  And the old mop handle?  That’s to keep the kids away from the hammock.  Seriously, before I armed myself they were trying to sit on the hammock, swing me, and just generally drive me nuts.  The book was Secrets She Left Behind, by Diane Chamberlain, and I’m done with it so if anyone wants it, it’s yours.

I have some other books up for grabs too:

Look Again, by Lisa Scottoline
House Rules , by Jodi Picoult
Not My Daughter , by Barbara Delinsky
Somebody Else’s Daughter , by Elizabeth Brundage
The Last Bridge , by Teri Coyne
My Lobotomy , by Howard Dully
The Piano Teacher , by Janice Y.K. Lee
Dark Places , by Gillian Flynn

And no, I didn’t actually hit anyone.  The fact that I posted this photo and nothing else from the weekend (yet) probably makes it seem like all I did is lay around reading while threatening anyone who approached with a stick, but I assure you, this was my only hammock-time.  Photos of family fun time to follow.