Last night it rained so heavily that it woke me up. Loud thunder claps rattled the windows. I drifted in and out of sleep before waking up feeling alert at around 5.30 am in the morning.
I lay in bed with all sorts of notions about getting up and starting the day early. I could go for a 10km walk. Get up and do the laundry. Do something in the studio. Just start the day early. But I resisted the urge because I know that doing that would result in me laying around all afternoon dog tired.
So I closed my eyes and lay in that half sleep, half awake stage until I fell into a deep sleep at around 7.30 am and woke up at 10.00 am.
Right now I am in the studio and outside it is fresh and the wind is constant. If I close my eyes it sounds like the beach. It is so silent out here, in the studio behind the garage. The room is so well insulated that outside noises are muted and surreal. I have blinds now that block out a lot of light and during the time I am not in here I pull them down to protect what is in here. K put up shade cloth over the skylight to keep the harsh summer sun from pouring onto the bench top. At the end of daylight savings it will come off.
The weeping Dutch Elm outside the window is like a green hulking shape. It seems to have doubled in size with all the rain we have had and underneath the canopy is like a little sanctuary. Some of the drooping branches hang down onto the clothesline and steel hanging space but I don't really want to cut them yet. They look so lush and free. I feel that by cutting it I am cutting off its arms or something.
I am just pottering around in here. Hanging up some pictures I have. I put up a shadow box on the wall to display my favourite little pointless things. But one shadow box is not enough and I will have to buy two more. It does not get dusty in here, not like in the house so I don't mind putting bits and pieces up.
Yesterday K raised the bench top to waist height because it is easier to work and I can store some things underneath if I need to and somehow I think that it won't be long before I do that.
Where is S? He is on his computer talking to friends whilst playing some online games. The other day K asked him why he never had friends over these days and S said that he talks online to his friends all the time and that most of them never leave the house. He says he sees his friends at school all day and does not want to see them all weekend as well. He wants his own space and wants to be able to be alone when he feels like it. Although, yesterday he went to the movies with one of his friends. S organised it all, got me to get the tickets online and his friend's father picked took both of them to and from the movies.
I know that a lot of people just hate that relationships are conducted in that weird online way but I actually don't have a problem with it. The online world connects a lot of people who might not fit into mainstream, predictable society. I guess, like most things, it just has to be managed properly. I would have loved computers to have been around when I was a kid.
K is out in the garage working on one of his cars. He recently had one repainted and is now putting the windows back in. I know it has been a fiddly job but one is going to give one of those satisfying results at the end of a long learning curve.
I am just starting a painting so that is going to take up some lovely time for a few hours.
It's a nice Sunday.
Ciao
LC
7 Squeaks:
Nothing like waking up alert and having the option of sleep once again. Very nice. I can smell the fresh rain drifting in through the window.
Computers do give one options that did not exist and that is a good thing.
Your son sounds so much like mine. I wonder if they are friends on the internet? If this was 20 years ago my son would be all alone, so although he doesn't really have friends in real life, he does have a social life. I also don't think it is a bad thing.
RJ: Having the option of sleep is the crucial part of the enjoyment. There is more good to computers that people give credit for.
Harriet: It's nice to hear someone who thinks it is okay too. Too often parents who are okay with it all are made out to be awful parents. Or lacking somehow.
You should ask your son if he knows what a Brony is. I bet he does.
I'm very thankful for the internet. I'm a bit of a solitary person, even given my profession, and have made very good friendships via the internet. It offers an option to running around trying to please different friends, when there's really no way anyone could do that without inciting jealousies and drama. If online drama occurs, it's easy enough to back off without blow back. I would have loved an online life as a teen as well, since I was very often lonely. I'm very glad to hear you slept in... seems to indicate that you're sleeping better these days. Good for you!
Karen: I am sleeping better because I can sleep in. Once I get back to the 9 to 5 routine it may change but I am okay with it at the moment.
Yes, I too was lonely as a teenager and would have loved the internet. It's just not easy for all people to be social animals. And I love the whole blogging, surfing, buying and other things that happen via internet.
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