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Saturday
Saturday was a fun day. After some errands in the morning, I played D&D for 4 hours (though it was all role-playing, no combat…poor Aaron). After that, Aaron and I went out for my birthday gift: Mexican food and a comedy club.
Sunday
Sunday I worked, then we all went out to dinner.
Monday
Monday I took D13 to her weekly appointment, and then took dad to his neurology appointment. The ER doctor had made it sound like they’d found something bad on his CT scan when he fell back in August. They told us to make a neurologist appointment ASAP. The first one wasn’t available till October. But the neurologist poo-poohed the whole finding, using more words than necessary, and off we went.
Aaron spent the morning trimming willows near a lake for his work’s service day.
I had a really proud moment for IL4 that evening. The family does “most and least heinous parts of the day” at dinner, and IL4 participated for the first time ever. Apparently “the tree” was the most heinous and school was the least heinous. I wonder what happened with a tree, though.
In the evening when I was reading to IL4, I told him what a nice bonding experience reading together was, and that I wished the older kids wanted me to read to them. They heard – and now I need to find time to read to the older kids. Not that I mind reading to them – that part is fun – but when?
Tuesday
Tuesday after work, I took a 3 hour walk with dad. I pushed him pretty hard, but he made it. Then I took D13 to an appointment. In the evening, my friend Liz came over and we watched a couple episodes of Doctor Who. Finally, I read to D13 and then to IL4. I was interrupted half-way through the book by a call from dad, who’d missed the last bus home. Luckily, he was only 10 minutes away, so I was able to hop in the car and fetch him before work started again.
Wednesday
Wednesday after work, I went to my second job, then to have dinner with a former client. Afterwards, I read to M11 (D13 listened in, too).
Thursday
Thursday after working two jobs, I drove D13 to rehearsal (combat training started!) and watched Supernatural with Aaron.
Friday
Friday, I took IL4 to speech therapy. We had been going to have bacon and pancakes afterwards, but he fell asleep in the car on the way home, so I sat in the car with him for a couple of hours. Then, we went to feeding therapy.
M11 had rehearsal in the evening, and D13, IL4, Aaron and I watched some X-Files. When M11 came home, we all watched an episode of Umbrella Academy. Then I read to D13, then to IL4.
Letters Written
- 1 letter Massachusetts
- 1 letter Maryland
- 1 letter Texas
Reading to myself
- Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- Run, Hide, Repeat, by Laura Dakin
- Bible
- St Augustine’s Confessions by William R Cook and Ronald B Herzman
- Mahabharata
- Dragons and Marshmallows, by Asia Citro
- Great Mythologies of the World
Reading to IL4
- Warm Hearts Day, by Rebecca Elliot
- Super Rabbit All-Stars, by Thomas Flintham
- Dark Shadows, by Doreen Cronin
- Super Rabbit Boy’s Time-Jump, by Thomas Flintham
- Bad Guys in Alien vs Bad Guys, by Aaron Blabey
- Clash of the Cackling Cougars, by David Bowles
M10 reading
- Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, by T Kingfisher
- Dragonwatch, by Brandon Mull (read to him by me)
D13 reading
- The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean
- Exile, by Shannon Messenger (read to her by me)
Media Completed
We saw Jason Banks at Rick Bronson House of Comedy. He was pretty good. He showed a Tiktok video at the end which was funnier than the rest, so I’m guessing he’s better at Tiktok than standup. But his stand-up was pretty good all the same.
Eva celebrates Warm Heats Day with her city of owls and a few other animals. Cute.
The feisty little chicks are at it again – this time while visiting family on a farm. When their jelly beans go missing, they are up for adventure. This may be my favorite one so far.
Zoey discovers that magical creatures exist, and that she needs to help take care of them when they’re sick. Cute story. Didn’t read it to IL4 – it was a little too advanced for that. I’d say it was 3rd grade level.
In this hilarious continuation, the Bad Guys are fighting a nasty alien who’s trying to take over the world. Very fun.
Malia, Ivan, and Dante are out skiing when, once again, they are transported to 13th street. This time, they have to deal with cougars who tell dad jokes. This book was cute, like the first two. Its focus was to thicken the plot.
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