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Saturday
Saturday was fun. Aaron and I played D&D. We managed to un-undead one of our party members, disperse a couple of water elementals, and sail to a new city. Then Aaron and I had a date at a cute little tavern within walking distance. Dad and D13 sat and watched Season 2 of Stranger Things. (Dad’s apparently quite the binge-watcher. Who knew?)
Sunday
Sunday was an easy day. Aaron picked up M11 from his mom’s. IL4 was asleep, so didn’t go to swim lessons. When I got home from work, the family watched Grey’s Anatomy.
Monday
Monday was an uneventful but productive day. D13 had an appointment and I completed some housework once I dropped her back off at school.
Tuesday
Tuesday I took D13 to a specialist for her worrisome health problem, and they told us it was nothing to worry about. Yay! In the evening, my friend Liz came over and we cross-stitched and watched Doctor Who. I didn’t get a lot of cross-stitch done, as IL4 was working on a craft project and repeatedly asked for my help.
Wednesday
Wednesday I took IL4 to the hospital for his scheduled admission. It was a long day. Even though we arrived at 10am, there were just a bunch of putzy things to do before treatment started at 3pm. They inserted a tube up IL4’s nose to drip some very concentrated miralax down his throat. They expected him to poop, but, alas, when I left at 8pm, there was still no sign of breaking the seal. Aaron was with him overnight.
Thursday
Thursday, I came directly to the hospital from work. There was some hope that he might get released that day, but his bowels disagreed. It was a long day.
Friday
Friday, IL4 was released! His gut is (in theory) clear! Now we just need to keep it clear. We all went out to dinner to celebrate. D13 and M11 picked up their scripts. D13 has two lines and M11 has three.
Week’s Photos
Letters Written
- 1 letter Maine
- 1 letter Washington
- 1 letter Maryland
- 1 letter Pennsylvania
- 1 letter Texas
Reading to myself
- Emperor of Nihon-Ja, by John Flannagan
- Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Hangman’s Daughter, by Oliver Potzsch
Reading to IL4
- Unicorn and Yeti: Together!, by Heather Ayris Burnell
- Robo-Rabbit Boy Go!, by Thomas Flintham
- Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up, by Thomas Flintham
- Super Rabbit Racers!, by Thomas Flintham
D13 reading
- The Maleficent Seven, by Cameron Johnston
Aaron reading
- Mort, by Terry Pratchett
Media Completed
My displeasure with this book began on page 49 of the paperback, when I read this quote:
When agriculture and industry came along people could increasingly rely on the skills of others for survival, and new ‘niches for imbeciles’ were opened up. You could survive and pass your unremarkable genes to the next generation by working as a water carrier or assembly-line worker.
I know that’s not quite social Darwinism (it’s close), but it’s elitist BS that I find incredibly offensive. Then I began to absorb the fact that this was an historian writing a book on a subject outside his speciality (evolutionary biology). He makes many bold assertions, none of which are backed up with citations or even by uncited fact-claims. Just this is how it was. I don’t want to pollute my brain with potentially false assertions when I’m not educated enough to recognize truth from falsehood in this subject. On top of all that, I was getting the impression that he had a hefty “humans will destroy the earth and then go into an early, dreary extinction” agenda.
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Awww that poor little guy. I sure hope he’s feeling better soon. Glad to hear D13 got some good news about HER health. Date night at a cute tavern sounds fun!
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