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Saturday
The older kids were visiting their grandpa in Wisconsin, and dad, Aaron, IL4, and I relaxed. Without dad, we walked to the library, playground, and a pizza parlor so IL4 could play in the arcade. We watched two movies – Aquaman and Edge of Tomorrow. Dad took us out to eat.
Sunday
We took it easy on Sunday, too. After I worked, Aaron and I watched a couple of movies and he grilled.
Monday
Labor day was also a day off. The family watched some Grey’s anatomy.
Tuesday
It was back to reality on Tuesday. Immediately after work, I rushed to the preschool to sign something then zoomed to the middle school to pick up D13 for her appointment. I was thrilled after the appointment when I discovered I had enough time to eat before my day job. M11 and D13 had an audition for a community play in the evening.
Wednesday
Tuesday I took Dad to his doctor (ER followup), audiologist, and optical store (he lost his glasses when he fell). The doctor suggested lidocaine cream and 6 arthritis Tylenol a day for the rib pain, and so far, that has worked. Then I had a followup with my sleep specialist. In the evening, we got dad his RSV and flu shots.
Thursday
Ugh. Thursday was stressful. First, I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off again. After work, I went directly to IL4’s school to drop something off. I went directly from there to my day job, and directly from there to pick up D13 for an appointment.
D13’s appointment was stressful. She has a new, private health problem that is worrisome. She and I have both been doom-scrolling. That doesn’t help the stress. She has a followup with another doctor on Tuesday.
Then dad is not dealing well with his rib injury. He’s in bed all day, and doesn’t do his breathing exercises because it hurts too much. This is exactly what he’s not supposed to be doing. I’m worried that he’ll decline in health and not be able to get back to where he was, which was already bad enough.
To complete the trifecta, IL4’s hospital visit next Wednesday is approaching fast and I am starting to worry about how it will go. How are they going to keep the tube in his throat? Sedate him? Hopefully not tie him down. It’s stressing me out.
Friday
Friday after work, M11 had an appointment with his eating disorder psychologist, who said by her reckoning he was only 5 pounds underweight to be 19th percentile BMI for his age (which is the best he’s been, though they want him at 25th percentile). I made a bunch more appointments with the clinic.
IL4 had a hard day. He threw a massive temper tantrum, which isn’t like him (for the most part). I guess he’s tired because his new special education class is during his usual nap time. So he’s not getting enough sleep. I’m not sure what to do about that. Regardless, he did agree to go to feeding therapy, and he somewhat participated in that.
In the evening, D13, Aaron, and I watched a couple episodes of X-Files, them D13 and I watched the first episode of His Dark Materials.
Week’s Photos
Letters Written
- 2 letters Massachusetts
- 1 letter Washington
Reading to myself
- Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
- Emperor of Nihon-Ja, by John Flanagan
- Great Mythologies of the World, by Various Professors
- How to Read the Bible, by James Kugel
- Bible
Reading to IL4
- Super Cheat Codes and Secret Modes, by Thomas Flintham
- Society of Substitutes Food Fight, by Alan Katz
- Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot vs the Mutant Mosquitos from Mercury, by Dav Pilkey
- Princess in Black, by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
- The Super Side-quest Test, by Thomas Flintham
D13 reading
- The Maleficent Seven, by Cameron Johnston
Aaron reading
- The Dragon Republic, by R. F. Kuang
Media Completed
Arthur is the son of the Queen of Atlantis and a lighthouse keeper. However, in order to save the land-dwellers’ from a war-like king of Atlantis, he must face who he is. It was an ok movie. Nothing I’d watch again.
During a gruesome battle with aliens, Major William Cage finds himself living the same day in a time loop. This was a action sci-fi drama that was worth a watch. I would have preferred more comedy.
Milton and Morgan find themselves in a food fight when their evil pet ferret tries to take over the world yet again. Funny and cute. IL4 enjoyed the pictures and story.
Owen is a vanilla, uninteresting man who’s about to marry the love of his life. But when he meets his in-laws-to-be, he is struck by their odd behavior. He is convinced they robbed his bank. This was a really weird movie. Mildly amusing. Good for a super-bored-want-to-watch-a-comedy mood.
Connor is a ruthless womanizer who wants to break up his brother’s wedding to “save” him from what Connor believes is a bad mistake. This was mostly funny and worth killing some time with, but I was a little put off by the sexism. It wasn’t just because it had a misogynistic pig in it, all the many women in this movie (save two) were slutty. Not in a nice they’re-free-to-do-what-they-want way, but in a they-have-no-self-respect way. Who would honestly sleep with that guy?
When a Mercurian mosquito decides earth looks better than Mercury, he creates a mutant mosquito army to take over the world. Good thing Ricky Ricotta and his mighty robot are there to cave the day. Cute story. Colorful, amusing pictures.
Princess Magnolia has a deep, dark secret. She is the Princess in Black – out to save the world from monsters. Cute story. Colorful pictures that IL4 loved.
Mira is grieving the tragic loss of her boyfriend two years ago. She decides to text his old phone number. Rob, a cynical young man who has stopped believing in love, receives them and falls in love with her words. This was a cute movie, and I’m glad I watched it.
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