We have post-vacation boredom
Even in the midst of work.
DD's orchestra's season is almost over. She's been invited to join a "cello choir" that has a season later in the year. In the meantime, her registry exam is mid-July - real life, as opposed to bohemian musician life, LOL. Her spring orchestra's leader is planning a return to school and wants to know if she'll run it for him for $, so all he really has to do is show up and conduct. Well, sure, on the side of her real job, with the understanding that the real job's obligations always come first. Side hustles are the thing now.
DS is now a college student. With a day job, LOL. Summer courses sure are accelerated! He has a long-distance friend who is also in her first semester of college, for a totally different major (RN), and I think there's something 'there' beyond just friendship. Cool with me, she's nice, but school has to come before all other things. They were both homeschooled 'til they got to the online academy and both finished with a 3.94 GPA, it's funny. He's been in 'real' classes (his in-person concurrent college courses, all the pre req stuff - history, more history, comp, pre-calcs), she's had comm college courses, too, but due to the pandemic only online - they're commiserating about the demands of college. Between his engineering program and her nursing program, I'm thinking.... just wait, this is the tip of the 'work' iceberg!
One of DH's former reports has asked him to be a reference, she's up for a work from home rather than 'schlep to the office 50 miles away 3 times a week' thing. Hope that works out, she has multiple kids and a near-farm, it'd be good not to have to spend the $ on gas or the time on the road.
Otherwise, not much excitement, we're just keeping things low-expenditure to make up for the vacation. I don't know how folks afford that kind of thing every year (yeah, I do, they put it on credit - not a game I'm willing to play).
Reading 'Your Money or Your Life,' which seems to be a repeat of everything I've learned since the realization that it's possible to spend more than you make if you're not careful.