If It's Summer, Why Are You Bored?

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If It's Summer, Why Are You Bored?

By Kaycee Nilson
June 16, 2006

And so, my ten-year-old-son has begun his summer vacation from school. This child has approximately $50,000 in toys and video games and gadgets all designed to keep him occupied. But does that stop the daily whine of “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do!” No, it doesn’t stop, it never stops and all he wants to do is use my computer when I am in the middle of writing or chatting with my sister who lives in New Jersey.

I tell him, “no you can’t use my computer at the moment, why don’t you go and play with your video game that you just had to have?”

This brings about another session of “But I’ve played all the games, I’m boooooored!””Well then, take the legos and play with your baby brother.” “I caaaaaaaaaan’t, he’s boooooooring!” “Ok, then go over to that corner and stand on your head until you are not bored anymore.”

Honestly, the things I go through while trying to think. I can’t even go to the bathroom without one or both of the boys (plus the cat) rattling the door handle and asking me if they can come in. What? Have I lost the ability to reach the toilet paper myself and need help in flushing?

I swear if I hear the whine of “I’m bored” one more time, I’m going to start taking away toys, games and movies, plus the game system itself and sell it on eBay.

I’ve even suggested that he go outside and find someone to play with, what I got was, “I caaaaaaaaaan’t, there’s nobody around!” And this from a kid that during school can find all kinds of kids to play with.

Even when we do let the kid out to play with his friends, he goes to houses of people we don’t know and then refuses to call home to let us know where he is. So for the next two weeks (until the end of June) he is grounded. So now I have to hear on a daily basis the song and dance team of “Mine Mine!” “I’m Bored!”

Maybe one day, I’ll write a musical piece called ‘Mine, Mine, I’m Bored!” I suppose it will have to be set to an orchestration, complete with a choir for the words. I can hear the sopranos singing “Mine….Mine….Mine!” while the basses and tenors scream “I’m bored, I’m bored, I’m bored!”

Then the altos can come in with the phrase “I’m drinking before noon, leave mother alone!”

It’s not funny that the four-year-old can find things to do, usually consisting of destroying things, but the ten-year-old cannot find a single thing to do. Try and getting this child to do his chores on a daily basis is like pulling teeth from a hippo. I take that back, I’d rather brush the teeth of an alligator than to deal with “But Moooooooom, do I have to clean the bathroom??”

So if I become a drunken lush this summer, you will know why.

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About the author: Kaycee Nilson has completed her first novel, "Night Falls on Chicago." The first two chapters can be viewed at http://www.KayceeNilson.com.

Besides writing columns for Useless-Knowledge and Speedway Media, Kaycee is currently working on two more novels, "From the Mind of a Vampire", and "I'll Love You Til You Die."

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