It's been hot here. I spent this afternoon reading in Keegan's loft bed, sweating through the sheets. We didn't do much work today. In fact, Keegan didn't do any. I worked on organizing the library in Degania for a couple hours, but that's about it.

Degania is the children's building from back when TO raised kids collectively. They've moved away from that practice (because it's creepy), but the building is still there. The library is full of children's books, parenting and teaching resource books, and random crap that people have left there. I've been working on getting rid of the random crap and getting all of the books onto shelves. Of course, I have grand plans for the place, but first I just need to be able to walk through it.

We should have worked hammocks for at least half an hour or so today, but we had no luck with it. We had a lesson yesterday on weaving hammock beds and were told to practice our new skill within 24 hours. Unfortunately, whenever we popped by the hammocks shop to give it a go, there were no beds ready to be woven. I guess setting up beds will be the next thing I ask to learn.

Yesterday, we worked for almost the whole day, but only a tiny sliver of it was labor creditable. We found a volunteer to drive us to our storage unit to get our stuff, so we climbed in a van, drove to the unit, and loaded it up. When we got back to the farm, we had to pull the boxes and crates out of the van, put them on a cart, drag the cart to my building, and carry the boxes to my room. There were several cartloads, and we were dripping sweat. Then there was the issue of getting Keegan's things to his room-- an uphill trip. I let him deal with that, which might explain his long nap today. And, of course, this was all on our time.

We still need to do one more trip to the unit to fetch my mattress, which didn't fit on our earlier outing. We also need to put the bed that came with my room somewhere else. Until then, my room is a bit of a disaster. Oh well.

Keegan is very pleased with his room. Elsa has one of the best rooms on the farm (inlaid parquet floor!), and it's all his for the next couple months. He has shelves for his books and a beautiful desk for his studies. What more could he want?