Well it 's Thursday here in the office . Not a good Thursday , that comes next week because it 's payday ! But Thursday are good , usually .

A: Why might I feel Thursdays are usually good ?

Holding the ringing phone to her ear with one hand , she snaked the other hand around to find Eric 's and press it into her belly . A tired , gruff voice answered the phone , and Calleigh momentarily stiffened .

A: How is Calleigh feeling ?

I had n't really given my Midsummer this year a single thought until last weekend when I was over at Grandpa 's to weed flower benches and he said Mom and Dad had invited us both to Kuopio for it . Problem solved . The weather was quite surprisingly good ( some rain but it never lasted long , mostly quite sunny and even warm ) , we had a lovely Midsummer sauna ( I swam in the lake ! twice ! ! )

A: Why is the narrator so excited given the warm weather ?

But the first time we left Mat in the house unattended , he chewed up one set , and Ginger finished the other set off by crawling through them and breaking them . We ' ve replaced one , but in order to avoid the new blinds from meeting the same fate as the old ones , they are permanently tied off at the halfway mark . Which means the bottom half of our 6 ft long windows are completely exposed .

A:
Why did the writer tie off their blinds at the halfway mark ?