Today was boring to most. Early in the morning, Matt and I began to read our science fiction books. Later, dad joined us, and then Kristen. All of us are avid readers. The rest, not so much, so they got bored (OK, my wife is an avid reader as well, but her primary focus is always on the kids – she won’t allow the kids to “suffer” while she reads). My wife took the kids out on a kayak ride; a long loop across the lake and back. Thomas went up to the loft and was never seen again; burying himself in technology of various forms. In the evening, Barb and all the kids went to Keuka Carts and raced little go-carts around for a while. Since the go-carts are near Seneca Farms, they just had to stop for ice cream.
I wound up finishing my book, Hyperion, today – reading half the book in one sitting. And since I had spent almost two years reading the first half off and on (mostly off, obviously), I decided to start from the beginning again and read to where I started reading in earnest; the day I got on the plane to come here. This book deserves a more thorough reading, and I believe, in the end, it will become an all-time top 10 book for me (so why did it take so long for me to read it? The book is fantastic!).