You’ve probably noticed that for the last few days, I’ve
been kinda phoning it in. It’s cause of the boys. They’re home. For summer. All the time. They never leave.
And the only time they get up from the couch is to walk past me and ask what I’m
writing and what I’m doing and looking over my shoulder and though I’m somewhat
sure that they’ve found my blog, I’m certainly not advertising it if they
haven’t. Anyway, hopefully soon they’ll both have jobs and I’ll have my space
back to babble on and on like I do.
I don’t know what it is about little bits of paper but I
love folding them. My origami skills are pretty basic so it gets pretty boring
making the same things all the time, though. I found a website that shows me
how to fold more stuff (http://www.origamispirit.com/)
and sometimes I spend far too much time there.
Going to restaurants with me is a treat. Straw and chopstick
holders become roses, coasters become boats, paper placemats (sometimes I don’t
go to fancy restaurants) become cootie catchers or boxes. If there’s a lull in
the conversation, you can just watch me fiddle with tiny bits of paper.
My cousin hates tiny bits of paper. She thinks their dirty.
Poor girl had to spend a week in Boston watching me fold gum wrappers into
birds.
Why do I do it? What’s it good for? I don’t know and nothing
really. But I like it and it gives me something to do sometimes when my hands
are bored.
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