Update September 23, 2023

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Saturday

Saturday Aaron, IL4, and I rested after the long few days in the hospital. I got a few tasks done around the house, but mainly relaxed. I watched Baby Mama with D13 and Aaron joined us for Always Be My Maybe.

Sunday

Sunday was a fun family day. After I got home from work, we played charades (which is something IL4 can do) and then watched Grey’s Anatomy.

Monday

Monday D13 had an appointment. I ran some errands with dad. I forgot to send IL4’s backpack to school, but he assures me that he still loves me.

Tuesday

On Tuesday, D13 had an appointment, and then I got my oil changed.

Wednesday

Wednesday I managed to squeeze in an appointment for M11 after work AND a day-job shift on the same day. That’s a rare squeeze. And much needed money after missing 3 nights of work due to dad’s ER visit and IL4’s hospital stay.

On a low note, D13’s cold got worse, and she asked to be tested for COVID. I dug around the closet and found a lone COVID test hanging around. It came up positive. 🤦‍♀️ If people would just stop testing, fewer would come up positive, right? 😝

Thursday

Thursday I took D13 to get a COVID test at a clinic because I was a little skeptical of her at home results. Good thing I did, because it was negative.

Friday

Friday M11 was home sick. I had cancelled all of IL4’s appointments because they were both ones where he couldn’t wear a mask, and I thought both D13 and M11 had COVID. In the evening, Aaron, dad, and I watched Curse of Bridge Hollow.

Week’s Photos

Letters Written

• 1 letter Virginia

Reading to myself

• Emperor of Nihon-Ja, by John Flanagan
• Mahabharata
• Great Mythologies of the World, by Various Professors
• Run, Hide, Repeat, by Pauline Dakin

Reading to IL4

• Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off!, by Thomas Flintham
• Super Rabbit Boy’s Time Jump, by Thomas Flintham
• Super Fly Rise of the Evil Army, by Todd H Doodler

M10 reading

• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, by Ursula Vernon

D13 reading

• The Maleficent Seven, by Cameron Johnston

Aaron reading

• Mort, by Terry Pratchett

Media Completed

Kate really wants a baby. When she finds out her uterus isn’t suited to implantation, she decides to use a surrogate. However, the woman who carries her baby is her polar opposite. This was a silly movie, but had several funny moments. I was displeased at a scene with alcohol in retrospect, and I think it should have been either different or left out, because in hindsight it wasn’t very funny.

Sasha and Marcus were best friends as kids, each holding a secret crush for the other. But they have a falling out when they’re 18, and don’t talk for 15 years. When they meet again, sparks fly. This was a very cute and fairly funny movie that has a priceless cameo appearance of a famous actor.

This is the final book in The Ranger’s Apprentice, a middle grade book in a realistic but fictional middle-ages world. It was a good series, though I think a little too long for the overall plot. They were a series of mostly disconnected stories (there were a couple that were direct continuations of the previous book). I’m glad I read the series, and am glad I reached the final book. There is a spin-off series that I don’t intend on reading.

In this final book of the Super Fly series, Crazy Cockroach makes another attempt to take over the world. This time, he uses a mind-controlling juice. Super Fly, Fantastic Flea, and Fly Girl have difficulty solving this riddle. Like the other books in the series, it was cute and funny. Written to be read by a second grader, but enjoyed by my preschooler.

When 14-year-old Sydney’s family moves to a sleepy little town, she and her Halloween-hating dad have to fight off a bunch of possessed decorations. Cute family movie that worked for entertainment in a pinch.

Games Played