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Saturday
On Saturday Aaron and I played D&D. We have a new player, who seemed pretty cool. Then we had a date to our favorite date place, which reopened under new ownership on Thursday. But we didn’t stay long because they didn’t have their liquor license yet, so we just ate and came home. We were going to try playing a board game downstairs for the rest of our date, but IL5 always takes me going downstairs as an invitation to go downstairs himself. So I tried to relax for the evening, but I was feeling pretty peevish. D14 and dad watched more Cobra Kai, so now I’m behind (that’s not what I was peevish about). M11 is still grounded through Monday, so he was downstairs reading.
Sunday
Sunday, I worked and then Aaron, IL5, dad and I went to Olive Garden. D14 watched some Wednesday and then dad watched some Cobra Kai.
Monday
I didn’t sleep well Sunday night, so I was really tired on Monday. The weather was beautiful, and I intended on walking to the library and doing some housework, but I slept all day. M11 had rehearsal in the afternoon, IL5 had swim lessons in the evening, and D14 had dress rehearsals.
Tuesday
On Tuesday after work, I took D14 to an appointment. I was going to take dad to an appointment after that, but he was sick, so instead I took a nap. I’ve been burnt out lately, so I’m not getting a lot done. In the afternoon, M11 had jazz band rehearsal. In the evening D14 had Mary Poppins dress rehearsal.
Wednesday
Wednesday I went from my night job pretty much straight to my day job. In the evening, Aaron, M11, and I watched Divergent while D14 was at rehearsal.
Thursday
After work on Thursday, I played D&D for a couple hours and then took dad to a cardiac rehab appointment. Afterwards, I drove to a bakery a neighboring city to get some treats for everyone. I got 2 cupcakes – color coded by kid – for each kid. I then helped IL5 build a labyrinth out of boxes for the cats. We’ve been saving up boxes for it for a while. It also had some rocks and straws as obstacles. D14 was sick all day.
When Aaron got home, he ate his treat, then grabbed a pink cupcake and walked up to D14 and taunted her that he was going to eat it. She tried to convince him it was her cupcake and he wasn’t supposed to eat it. I kept my mouth closed because I thought he was joking. Then he ATE the cupcake! He claimed that he really didn’t know it was D14’s. But he doesn’t get to forget soon, since he started it by taunting her.
Friday
Friday after work, IL5 had an appointment with his poop physical therapist. We discussed taking a break for a while, but she said she still had more to work on with him. Then we had his well-child visit with his pediatrician. We decided to wait on the feeding therapy until the poop appointments had settled down. In the evening, D14 had her opening night for Mary Poppins. She really enjoyed it.
Letters Written
- One letter Pennsylvania
- One letter Michigan
- One letter Oklahoma
- One letter Maryland
Reading to myself
- Mr Ballen Podcast
- Jesus and the Gospels, by Luke Timothy Johnson
- Great World Religions: Christianity, by Luke Timothy Johnson
Reading to IL5
- Super Rabbit Boy’s Time-Jump, by Thomas Flintham
D14 reading
- Heir of Fire, by Sarah J Maas
Aaron reading
- Book of Night, by Holly Black
Media Completed
In a world where almost everyone is separated into 5 factions, Beatrice doesn’t feel like she’s in the right faction…but when it comes to her coming-of-age test to see what her faction is, she comes up divergent – with no solid faction. She must hide this secret in a dangerous world.
I loved the book, but heard bad things about the movie, so I never watched it. By now, I’ve forgotten the book and forgotten the complaints about the movie, so I watched it with a fresh eye. It turned out to be an interesting movie. Not mind-blowing, but not bad.
Sophie and Agatha are best friends, but when Sophie wishes to be kidnapped and dropped into the School for Good, both Agatha and Sophie are taken. Except Sophie is dropped into the School for Evil and Agatha into the School for Good. This was a well-done movie, and I really enjoyed the story and light humor.
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