I hate summer and it has nothing to do with the 105 degree heat. I hate summer because it strips us of all routine. It leaves my kids bored and listless. I hated summer as a kid and now I hate it even more as a mom.

Trying to figure out what to do with Boy. He’s bored bored bored at the babysitter’s and I can’t blame him. There’s no one there his age to play with. There’s nothing to do but play video games, which he does at home ad naseum.

I feel so much pressure from his boredom. I am not there to diffuse it by taking him to the pool, the way my mom took me and my friends to the pool. I’m not there for a trip to the library or the movies. I can’t go pick up his friends for a play date.

Because I’m here, bored at work.