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Saturday
Saturday was a good day. I got on the exercise bike twice – each for 10 minutes – which is twice what I managed on Friday. In the afternoon, Aaron took the car for a tire rotation, and I walked to the library and then the playground with IL5. We found a new book in his favorite series, so he was thrilled. We all (minus D14, who was with her mom) watched Return of the King.
Sunday
Easter was fun. There was way too much candy, the kids hunted eggs in the yard, IL5 had a ball playing with the plastic eggs (drawing on them and connecting them in strings since they were hinged), we had a ham dinner, then watched Resident Alien.
IL5 earned a cat by pooping in the toilet! He’d been promised one if he did it in March. Lo and behold, on the last day in March he pooped in the toilet.
Monday
Monday worked out acceptably. I had intended on taking IL5 to the park before school, but I spent that time pondering between getting a barn kitten immediately or adopting from a rescue. In the end, we decided to go for the rescue, though I have to re-up Puck and Hero’s vaccinations before they’ll give us a cat. I hadn’t realized they were behind on vaccinations.
After dropping IL5 at school, dad and I ran errands. Then dad struggled in an attempt to fix our broken storm door – he doesn’t want us to buy a new one.
Then D14 had an appointment, IL5 had swim lessons, and M11 had Boy Scouts. M11 re-ran the mile for his rank-up. The last time he ran it, he got a time 7-something, and he was offended when Aaron and I told him he was mis-timed because he wasn’t fast enough for that time. He wanted so badly for us to be wrong. But we were right. They miss-measured the mile. He ran it Monday and got 12-something. Which is much more telling of his fitness level. I couldn’t run a mile that fast. Maybe I could run a 15 minute mile. I need to work on that.
Tuesday
Tuesday I took D14 to an appointment, worked on my cross-stitch, had a therapy session (yay!), took dad to an appointment, and cleaned the living room, which still needed some reorganizing after putting away the Christmas tree. In the evening, my friend Liz came over and we watched Doctor Who and cross-stitched.
Wednesday
Wednesday morning, I had an appointment right after work.. Then I ran errands and took M11 to an appointment. While all that was going on, some men came and put in our new porch railings, which are really nice and sturdy. I got to start reading to D14 again, since she’s no longer really busy.
Thursday
Thursday, I worked at my day job almost immediately after my night job. In the evening, I cross-stitched while watching Supernatural with Aaron.
Friday
On Friday morning I moved the furniture around in IL5’s newly painted yellow and orange room (pictures coming soon). I had to get rid of one piece of furniture in order to make room for his new dresser, but otherwise, organizing the room went smoothly. After that, IL5 had an appointment, and then IL5, dad, and I went to a playground.
Week’s Photos
Letters written
- 1 letter Maine
Reading to myself
- Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett
- Maid, by Stephanie Land
- Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
- Murder Your Employer, by Rupert Holmes
- The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins
- Bible
Reading to IL5
- Rise of the Balloon Goons, by Troy Cummings
- Super Game Book, by Thomas Flintham
D14 reading
- Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard
Aaron reading
- Book of Night, by Holly Black
Media Completed
On his first day in a new school, Alexander finds a weird notebook with monsters drawn in it. Then those balloons that dance in front of car dealerships attack! This book was funny and fun. My 5 year old loved having it read to him.
Three witches accidentally get involved when a tyrant kills the king. Chaos ensues. As usual, Pratchett wrote a funny, fun book with a reasonable plot line for a fantasy satire. Fantastic!
This is a choose-your-own-adventure book featuring the characters for my 5-yo’s beloved book series Press Start. He enjoyed it.
Cross-Stitch
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