Update August 5, 2023

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Saturday

Saturday Aaron, IL4, M11, and I went to a party with Aaron’s college friends. It was an outside party, and I followed IL4 around as he entertained himself with various toys, LEGOs, and, his fallback favorite, tape. He and M11 were disappointed 4.5 hours later when we left, but I was hungry and Aaron volunteered to leave.

Afterwards we went to a nearby Mongolian Grill that we both love, but is far from us. I thought IL4 wasn’t going to let us eat because he first didn’t like the look of the place, next wanted to sit in a different spot, and next wanted fries. We should have gone to McDonald’s first. That was our bad. But we managed to get him to quiet down and stop running away.

Sunday

Sunday I spent a good 3 hours cleaning, went to a production of Little Mermaid with D13, and went to dinner with Aaron. M11 went to Build-a-Bear with my dad.

Monday

Monday I made some delicious taco soup for Aaron’s lunch and finished my deep clean of the livingroom. M11 and IL4 each had an appointment, and D13 had 2. Afterwards, M11 and I took IL4 to the library using the stroller. Then, when I was dropping off M11 at acting class, IL4 fell asleep and I decided not to wake him up for soccer.

IL4 has decided my best friend Liz is henceforth his best friend. I can have M11. He wanted to send a letter to Liz, since I was writing letters. He wrote his name (ok, it was supposed to be his name, though it was missing a letter). Then he cut out the L stuck it in an envelope, and licked it (despite it being a lick-free envelope). I expected something more substantial than one letter when he said he wanted to send a letter. Then he freaked out because he didn’t like where I placed the stamp.

Tuesday

Tuesday I was worked on housecleaning some more. D13 had an appointment and M11 had swim lessons. I cooked some Jambalaya for Aaron’s lunches so he’d have a litte variety.

Wednesday

On Wednesday, after I finished job #1 and job #2, I coached soccer. IL4 did amazing! For him, I mean. He happily went on the field and actually ran around chasing the ball.

Thursday

Thursday I saw very little of the kids. I went almost immediately from work to work. Then I hung out with my friend Todd. I talked for a while with my sleep specialist, who suggested I stop driving altogether, and call insurance to see if I could get rides for the kids and myself to appointments. I guess I can try that out, but it doesn’t sound very convenient.

Friday

Friday was a relaxing day. After work, I had an estimate to remove the second tree in our back yard. M11 went to tap. Aaron, IL4, and I went to a local county park for IL4’s first tent camping experience. He loved the first evening.

Week’s Photos

Letters Written

1 letter Virginia
1 letter Pennsylvania

Reading to myself

How to Read the Bible, by James Kugel
Throne of Glass, Sarah J Maas
Educated, by Tara Westover
Bible
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Reading to IL4

Unicorn and Yeti: Fair and Square, by Heather Ayris Burnell
Super Rabbit Boy’s Team Up Trouble, by Thomas Flintham
Super Rabbit Boy vs Super Rabbit Boss, by Thomas Flintham
Bad Guys: Attack of the Zittens, by Aaron Blabey

M10 reading

Working on presentation for Cyber Chip for Boy Scouts

D13 reading

Legacy, by Shannon Messenger

Aaron reading

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, by T Kingfisher

Media Completed

In the fourth Bad Guys book, our fearless friends (you can tell they’re fearless from the cover) battle hoards of zombie kittens. It was hilarious as usual. Perfect for IL4.