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Saturday
On Saturday, dad and I went to the afternoon show of Mary Poppins and Aaron went to the evening one. D14 did great.
Sunday
Sunday I worked, the D14, dad, and I watched Irish Wish on Netflix. D14 had her 4th Mary Poppins play and M11 arrived back from camp.
Monday
Monday morning, IL5 had a speech therapy appointment. Afterwards, we went to the library. Usually IL5 wants to stay quite a while, but he just picked out a book and left. 🤷♀️ Then Aaron and I had an IEP meeting for IL5. It sounds like he’s made plenty of progress on last year’s goals and will get new goals in the upcoming year. In the evening, IL5 had swim lessons and M11 had Boy Scouts.
Tuesday
Tuesday after work I took D14 to two appointments, took dad to an appointment, then spent an hour sorting a month’s worth of clean laundry for the family. (This is D14’s job, but she got behind.) In the evening I had a therapy intake – thank God. I’m very burned out and I really need to let off steam in an appropriate environment. M11 had D&D later in the evening.
Wednesday
I’m really happy with Wednesday. I stayed productive all day till the evening. I took M11 to his eating disorder appointment, and he’s met his goal weight! Plus, he did a pushup in the evening, which is an improvement from his zero pushups at the beginning of his training for Boy Scouts. Then I took IL5 to his endocrinologist and a blood draw. D14 had a Mary Poppins production in the evening.
Thursday
After work on Thursday I went from my overnight job to my day job. I played a D&D game on my phone and wrote some letters on my downtime at work. As usual all my client wanted is for me to sit in the room with her.
After work, I took D14 to her Mary Poppins play and then had a salmon dinner at home. M11 gave me a history lecture on the Napoleonic Wars and WWI based on some YouTube videos he’s watched. He apparently loves history. Then M11 and Aaron played a game of Magic.
Friday
Friday I had no appointments! I took IL5 to a community center playground on a playdate with his friends. Then we had a one-sided snowball fight (he didn’t throw any at me), followed by dinner with dad, Aaron, IL5, and me at a Mexican restaurant. M11 was with his mom and D14 at her play.
Week’s Photos
Letters Written
- One letter Belgium
- One letter California
- One letter Maine
- One letter Pennsylvania
Reading to myself
- Akata Woman, by Nnedi Okorafor
- Jesus and the Gospels, by Luke Timothy Johnson
- Unspeakable Mind, by Shaili Jain
- Great World Religions: Christianity, by Luke Timothy Johnson
- Maleficent Seven, by Cameron Johnston
- Bible
- Mr Ballen podcast
- Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett
- Mahabharata
- The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins
Reading to IL5
- Super Rabbit Boy vs Super Rabbit Boss, by Thomas Flintham
- Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off, by Thomas Flintham
- Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy, by Thomas Flintham
- Super Rabbit Boy’s Team-up Trouble, by Thomas Flintham
D14 reading
- Heir of Fire, by Sarah J Mass
- The Blade Itself, by Joe Abercrombie
- The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Aaron reading
Maddie is broken hearted when the man she’s in love with falls for her friend. But when she flies to Ireland for their wedding, she makes a wish that goes awry. This was a very silly and rather over-used premise, and the movie was cheesy. But it was ok enough to finish.
In this set of lectures, Johnson discusses how Jesus is represented as a literary figure in both the canonical and apocryphal gospels. It’s an interesting exploration… especially how some information that seems canonical in Christian tradition are actually from the apocryphal gospels instead of the canonical ones.
In this third of a trilogy on Nigerian magic, Sunny grows into a mature witch who manages to keep her promise to a spider god. The trilogy is very good, unless you are looking for an action book. This story is mainly about plot setup and is not deep or full of action. It’s still quite enjoyable, though.
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