#the normal garage theme is so boring tbh

[pizza-soup]

I'm glad my bro's friend has talked some sense into him. He's thinking twice now, and he's also discovering that a lot of his usual haunts in ABQ are still closed and may be that way for some time, so he'll have to make his own fun, which I've been saying for the past month. It's not going back to normal for awhile, so he better get used to not having as much variety in entertainment.

That's why I recommended we start making a summer schedule, a list of activities that don't involve going to the city. One of these is a remote summer camping trip. As my long time followers know, I've camped in very remote areas, places so far off the trail you could walk around without a stitch, not that you'd want to out here unless you wanted to get a sunburn from hell, but you get the idea. We don't even have to stay in one area to camp, we could go to a new spot every two days. There’s a lot little ghost towns out there to revisit too.

For local stuff, we can make frequent trips to the creek and rivers, take evening walks after dinner (something we've already been doing now), go urbexing, go on a photo safari, go hike, go out to the river at night and just be stupid, lol. I used to like taking breakfast real early in the morning to the riverside too. Really, he’s biggest complaint is that he’s tired of sitting at home gaming. It was fun at first, until it became nearly the only thing he could do for fun. Yup, see? Why do you think I’m into so many different arts and trades? 

Another thing I've been wanting to do is work on the backyard. Get rid of the wind panels, since the trees I planted are big enough now to be barriers. Re-dig the firepit to be wider to accommodate larger logs, as well as raising the grill plate. Then I can set up the patio table and chairs my mom gave me and we can start cooking/eating outside during the evenings for the rest of the summer and later on til the bonfire season.

My bro has been wanting to redo his room. He gets the full sun, so we were thinking of putting foil on the top part of the windows, getting some heavy curtains or maybe just putting his bookshelf against the window for now. This might give him more room for his computer and gaming set up. He has a lot of comics, movies and magazines to put in the garage as well. His room needs to be repainted in my opinion, the white walls are looking a tad dull, he doesn’t notice it, but I do. Summer’s also the perfect time to repaint, it’ll dry super fast. I’ve been thinking of repainting my room’s floor tbh, I’m tired of the design and red-white-gold theme, now I’m leaning toward neutrals.

There’s a lot to keep us busy and I doubt we’ll even get half of that done this summer. We won’t get bored. If we really want a project...we can tackle the garage. D: But I don’t want to think about that scary place.