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Saturday
Saturday was pretty laid back. I cooked some sausage stew for this week’s lunches and played D&D. Aaron was at his friend’s birthday party, D14 was at another showing of Mary Poppins, and M11 was with his mom.
Sunday
Sunday, we were supposed to get 10 inches of snow, and were told to stay off the roads if possible. So I called in to my job (he said he wasn’t feeling well enough to go out, anyway), and I spent the day at home. I spent 2 hours cooking a lasagna, wrote a letter, and vaguely went through my to-do list.
D14 had her D&D session, followed by the closing show of Mary Poppins. M11 got back from his mom’s house and picked his activities for his week-long Boy Scout camp this summer. IL5 built LEGO bosses. And then…Aaron took D14 to the airport at 2am for her DC trip.
Monday
Monday was fun. I woke the M11 and IL5 up to go to Perkins with me and dad. Then dad went to his cardiac rehab discharge (yay!). Afterwards, I took M11 and IL5 to the trampoline park. They loved it. M11 really exhausted himself. D14 sent lots of texts about her first day in DC. It was a full day.
Tuesday
Tuesday I kept myself pretty busy during the day. After doing some tasks around the house, dad had a phone appointment. Then I tried riding the new stationary bike, but it was hurting my hip, so I stopped after 5 minutes. (I think maybe I had the seat too high?) Then I ran several errands – some of which had been on my to-do list for months. Afterwards, I picked up IL5 and took him to an appointment. Then I started relaxing. We ordered a pizza and watched a few episodes of Supernatural.
Wednesday
Wednesday was my first day off in about 6 months. I’d been looking forward to it for weeks. I managed to not schedule anything between 9:30 when I got home from work and 5, when IL5 would get home. But family drama arose with my nephew, sister, and dad, and I got dragged in as a spectator and commenter. I spent some time consoling my sister and also some time expressing to my dad why my sister was angry (though apparently she wasn’t acting very well, so it’s hard to take her side). So I didn’t get any reading done, which I was very much looking forward to. The incident even derailed the first hour of my next day, as I was so distracted that I forgot to pack for job #2, so I had to go home before going to my second job.
D14 had gone text silent on Wednesday, despite giving us blow-by-blow accounts of DC on Monday and Tuesday. M11 watched TV all day, because I was too put out to tell him to get off after 2 hours.
Thursday
Thursday I went from job #1 to job #2. It was a relaxed day, and I was able to play D&D while my client watched TV. Upon coming home, I found dad and M11 in the middle of a Cobra Kai marathon. I cooked a salmon dinner, and then M11 and IL5 colored eggs. I focused the rest of the night on getting as much reading in as I could to see if I can still reach my weekly and monthly goals. I met my weekly goals with one day to spare, but I still need to finish 3 books to complete a monthly goal. I have 3 in mind… It’s been a slow reading month. D14 arrived back from her trip, but I didn’t see her, as I was in bed when she came in.
Friday
Friday morning I had another go on the new exercise bike, and this time my hip didn’t hurt. Though I got bored pretty quickly and got off. So now that I convinced myself to get on it, I need to convince myself to stay on it.
I took IL5 to an appointment, then took M11 and IL5 to Harriet Island – a historical park that M11 wanted to get a picture at for Minnesota Studies. We followed that up with the Children’s museum. It was a mistake to take M11 there. He was bored silly and acting quite rude. IL5 loved it, though.
D14 hadn’t been awake when we left, and she was gone with her mom before we got back, so I still haven’t seen her post-trip.
In the evening, Aaron and I watched some Supernatural. I fell asleep, so now I have to catch up with the last episode. Finally, I spent a good chunk of time reading to get in my 200 minutes. I finished a book, so I’m in my way to meeting two last monthly goals.
Week’s Photos
Letters Written
- One letter Australia
- One letter Massachusetts
Reading to myself
- Unspeakable Mind, by Shaili Jain
- Maleficent Seven, by Cameron Johnston
- Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett
- Mr Ballen podcast
- The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins
- Mahabharata
- Bible
- St Augustine’s Confessions, by William R Cook and Ronald B Herzman
- Great World Religions: Christianity, by Luke Timothy Johnson
Reading to IL5
- Super Rabbit Racers, by Thomas Flintham
- Super Side-Quest Test, by Thomas Flintham
D14 reading
- The Blade Itself, by Joe Abercrombie
Media Completed
Drake is taken from his family to the king’s castle. There, he finds out that he is a dragon master. He meets Worm, his earth dragon, as well as three other kids and their dragons. This is a second grade reading level chapter book. The story is left open for the next in the series, but the plot of this book is pretty much completed. My 5 year old LOVED this book. He got very excited as I was reading it. My stepson read this to me when he was nearing 7 years old, and he loved it too.
A destructive army is ravaging the lands, creating an empire for a new goddess. Only 7 people stand in their way: a team of antiheros. They are a demonologist, a necromancer, a war-god, a vampire, an alchemist, an orc, and a pirate queen. Together, they fight a mighty battle.
This book is not polite. It is rude and crude and dark. It’s also exciting, humorous at times, and fun. Definitely a good read for fantasy lovers who are fond of moral ambiguity.
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