In which Mags drinks, because....

Da na na na, da na na na na na....School's....Out....For...SUMMER!

School's....Out.....For....EVAH!!

OK, for ten weeks. But, if you'd like to look at things from the perspective of a mother staying at home with a six-year-old and a two-year-old and little funds with which to pack them into assorted enriching (and yes, distracting) activities, well, then, forever doesn't seem so far away from the truth.

But, I bitch not. I intend to sleep as late as my children will allow me, to splash in pools with reckless abandon, and to push the Austin "free kids' movies" envelope as long as they'll let me in.

(Ah, hell, I was going to try to figure out how to post a link to the Alamo Drafthouse's summer movie program in the text. There were margaritas earlier, did I mention?) The bed beckons, so here's the link, not in cool texty form:

http://www.originalalamo.com/lamar/frames.asp?b=/online_tix/show_details.asp?show_id=3812

and here's the free movies at South Lamar:

http://www.regalcinemas.com/freefamilyflicks/index2.jsp

There are plenty of opportunities to take the chillun to the library for fun (?? Oh, yes, I mean DISTRACTING) shows this summer. The schedule is posted thusly here:

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/kids.htm

But tonight, ah, for tonight...there is only the remnants of the happy hour buzz and the heartburn from too much chips and salsa. And there will be sleep, and no expectation of early morning pushing, prodding, cajoling, or threatening the older girl to kindly light a fire under it, will ya?

See you at the pool, chickens. (I'm the matronly looking one with two kids. Crap.)