Summer Dulldrums? Not around here!

By the way, I'm not sure that "dulldrums" is a word, but it totally should be, red squiggly spellcheck line underneath it, be damned. Like "funner". In what world isn't that a word?

Anyway, in case dulldrums isn't a word, I mean the word that means when you're a kid and everything is super dull and you just sort of hang out there, waiting for the time to pass. Something like ennui, but for kids, and that doesn't require medication.

My 7 year old son is fighting it with all his might. This morning's project--holding a pencil between his nose and upper lip AND talking while doing is. So far, he's doing pretty well. He can definitely hold it (you're welcome for the beak, son!), but the talking is coming slowly. He usually drops it by "My name is-". But at least he has a project to work on! When does school start again?

Update: Ok, Wikpedia tells me that it's Doldrums and that it's a maritime term. I need to speak to the Minister of Spelling. Because Dulldrums is so much better. I hope that once Obama is sworn in, he will address this first.