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Twiddling thumbs/Steepling fingers

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Usually I schedule my days from dawn til dusk, but today, on my day off (all the boys are in school today) I have nothing to do and no idea how to do it.
I should be catching up on housework, or enjoying time in the garden. I could have gone to a movie. But I did none of those things and have instead, done an errand or two, but mostly twiddled my thumbs.
I could say I’ve wasted my day, but really, having nothing to do is a nice change. No bums to wipe except my own; no arguments to quieten except the one in my head about what to do with myself. Of course, there’s always shopping, but the vintage shops are closed Mondays as are most of the antique stores.
I will have to come up with a plan for my next day off so I don’t waste the day again. Let me mull it over in this peace and quiet.

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Tea for -? Me, just me.

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I was trying to get a photo of my big cheesy smile to show how silly I look grinning at everyone for no apparent reason (but I looked sillier – or worse – sitting in the car snapping pics of my choppers. So) Not apparent to those who don’t have young kids, that is. Even in the gym class, I was grinning like a fool with every step up and power step touch and all that. Walking out in the carpark, meandering because I could, before I found where I parked the car, no cheeky monkeys hanging off me and arguing about seat belts already. Driving up the driveway at home, I couldn’t quite figure out what I had forgotten, but I think it was merely a feeling of quiet in the car, and no drawn out discussions about whose turn it is to check the mail.
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And now the house is quiet and still; I’m going to have some tea and do a spot of sewing, and perhaps spend a minute or two in the bathroom with no probability of being interrupted. If the doorbell rings I will be bloody annoyed.