Dispatches from Asteroid Hopkins

elegant solution

Kirby helped his Grandfather get rid of the ice that formed overnight on the tarpaulin that sits on their pool.
He was tired when he came home.
Homework was weird for us: mark rhyming words in a text. The text was therefore written in a complex way, that made it hard to concentrate on the meaning of the sentences—they're getting quizzed about it tomorrow—, so we overlooked a few of the words meant to be marked.

I spent the day with getting small chores done—cleaning the washing machine and so on. I'm going to look into the wondrous world of floor cupboards, to have a dedicated space for all things laundry related and bring the washing machine into a higher position, to make cleaning easier. Somehow the Wife and i still life with the delusion, that the water drain is fitted with a hose and manual pump, which was the case with our old one; a few times a year, we get a nudge from reality that this is not the case and a floor cupboard would be an elegant solution.

Lost my headphones, which is my fault, of all the pockets my work trousers have, i kept them in one that can't be closed—for convenience sake.
Oh, i got a new toothbrush, completely forgot to write about the excitement of navigating sponsored articles about the pros and cons of the market's offerings, until i decided to get the upgrade of the one i've been using for the last nine years.

It was one of the days, where it was hard to get going, where the feeling of "why start anything" was almost overwhelming. Also, my body told me more times than i'm comfortable with, that it's not ok.
Toysandtomfoolery on Instagram managed to get a few laughs out of me, despite my blues.


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