Of course, there’s no one to give me a break except me, so this evening, that’s just what I did.

I stopped by Marv’s and admired the progress on the trailer, but it was over 100 degrees and too hot for me to work on it, so I didn’t.

I suppose I should have worked on my consulting job, but I’m still without a contract and I’m loathe to give them too many hours without one. They’re certainly not getting any documents delivered without one! So I didn’t do that either.

What I did instead was to throw together a quick dinner and leave the dishes in the sink.

I blew up a swim raft, and I went swimming with my kid.

The water’s great! Only two days after filling it, and it’s wonderfully warm, thanks to the dark cover. A couple more days like this, and we’ll have to leave the cover off, or else we’ll have a giant hot tub. No bubbles though, please!

He was delighted; we splashed and played around until Mama got wore out. Then I went inside and he bobbed around some more - he’s old enough and water-safe enough now to swim without constant hovering.

I think this is going to be a very nice summer.