stormy weather....

ok, so.....the temperature dropped with a vengeance.....and the wind has picked up....and there are thunderstorm watches all around....a good evening to stay at home with ulysses....who is still in the library and at some point he will want to move on with his day.....i intend to finish this time by june 16, which happens to be bloomsday...the day this novel takes place....lots going on between now and then....the brass band festival, our 26th wedding anniversary, the birthday of my eldest child....another child off to camp.....a going away party.....but i don't want to give the impression that there is a LOT going on....my life is quite sedate compared to the whirlwind driving about of the older actively involved offspring in year's past.......these days i feel like i am in semi-retirement: a low stress job.....multiple transportation options for the last child standing, the luxury of take-out for the occassional days i don't feel like cooking......if i had any less to do i'd fall asleep where i stood.....which is nothing to brag about, but i feel most emotional vibrant and less prone to the doldrums when i have LOTS going on......