He is SO BORED.
All he is doing is laying on the bed looking at the ceiling.
... a pastime that occupies a lot of time...
... for both of us.
A conversation:
Hippie: Let's go shopping.
Me: Can't.
Hippie: Why?
Me: No money, buddy. I have to find a job first.
Hippie: Let's drive somewhere free.
Me: Can't.
Hippie: Why not?
Me: We only have a quarter of a tank of gas left, and we need to do some job searching tomorrow. We can't use up what little gas we have.
Hippie: *sigh* ... Let's go bake something.
Me: Can't.
Hippie: WHY NOT?! We have a gift card we can use to buy stuff at the store. We could walk there, and then come home and bake.
Me: Sweetie, I know that. But we're both getting pudgy from staring at the ceiling all day and munching on baked goods. Plus we just made Rice Krispie Treats last night. We don't need anything else unhealthy in the house right now... except maybe some ranch flavored corn nuts.
Hippie: Corn Nuts are good, but they give you bad breath.
Me: I know, but if we both eat them we won't be able to tell. And since we have no one to visit and no one visits us, it shouldn't matter.
Hippie: Right?
(and, scene.)
So, now we're back to staring at the ceiling, but with corn nuts.
We did have to leave the house to pay the phone bill...
...and to get said corn nuts.
Too bad corn nut bags don't come with little umbrellas you can stick to the side...
It would almost be vacation-y!