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Saturday
Saturday I worked my day job because I didn’t want to work Mother’s Day. I’d already signed up for Wednesday to make up for the missed day, but they asked if I’d be willing to work Saturday as well.
Aaron went board gaming with his friends in the late afternoon. Dad, IL5, and I walked to a nearby playground. It was hard getting the kiddo to walk back, and I got tired of carrying him, but we made it eventually.
Sunday
Sunday (Mother’s Day), I went grocery shopping – mostly by accident. I just wanted to go to buy some milk and make Aaron do the grocery shopping (as I really dislike shopping for groceries for some reason), but dad and D14 both wanted to come along, and it seemed silly to have 3 people just to buy milk. (Most weeks I make a pickup order at Target, and Aaron runs to get it and a few items at another store.)
After Aaron and I cooked bacon and pancakes, Aaron went to buy some pants and some few groceries I forgot on my shopping trip, and D14, IL5 and I went to the pet store for essentials as well as a few toys and scratching posts for the new kittens. Then we went to the craft store to buy M11 some popsicle sticks for his school project.
Shortly after the shopping, everyone but dad piled into the car and we went to meet the kittens we plan on getting. They were both very cute. IL5 did a good job of petting gently.
In the evening, Aaron grilled and M11 continued to work on his school project. We got an episode of Locke & Key watched while eating. I cooked some Jambalaya for Aaron and my lunches for the week. Then IL5 fell asleep while I was reading to him.
Monday
Monday, M11 had a virtual appointment. Then I spent some time cleaning while IL5 was playing with LEGO. After dropping IL5 at school in the afternoon, I ran some errands and then relaxed a bit. I finished Groot’s head (except his eyes) on my cross-stitch! In the evening, I took IL5 to swim lessons and M11 went to a meeting to plan for Whitewater rafting camp this coming weekend.
Tuesday
Tuesday was a bit frustrating to me. D14 and I both had appointments, then I was going to spray the dandelions on our yard – something I worked myself up to through all the morning. I was really going to do it. Then the opthalmologist dilated my eyes. And it was soooo bright outside. It was very frustrating.
Then, I got an email telling me the rescue was rejecting our application for the kittens. This made me livid because the rejection came from a conversation I had 6 weeks ago with a woman who told me “I don’t think this will be a good fit.” I literally asked her “Should I look somewhere else? I don’t want to waste time.” And she said “no, that’s not what I’m saying.” Then they wasted my time for the next 6 weeks. So disrespectful!
In the evening, Aaron took M11 to baseball and I took IL5 to T-ball. I hear M11 got home after being walked to first, but to be fair, they were terrible pitches. IL5 has focus issues. He seems to love the idea of playing, and he hit the ball all three times he was up, but (like several of the kids) didn’t know to run the bases. That was fine, but he wandered randomly around the outfield…or sat down to play in the dirt. It’s tempting to give him Ritalin to see if it helps, but that seems a misuse of it.
Wednesday
Wednesday was full of excitement. Polyphemus went to the vet to get his teeth cleaned (an expensive procedure). The tooth that appeared loose fell out, and they pulled 4 more teeth in hopes that the periodontal disease wouldn’t spread to the rest of the mouth.
After an appointment for myself, I worked my day job, went to pick up Polyphemus from the vet, then drove 2 hours each way to pick up a couple of kittens. Yes, that’s a long drive, but I was being picky about the cats because I wanted good house cats. Immediately after dropping the kittens off at home, I went back to my night job.
The kids all squealed in excitement about the kittens. Even M11, who thought he didn’t want a kitten.
The kittens’ names are Sake and Freyja.
Thursday
Thursday, I worked my day job and played D&D. There wasn’t a total party kill, but we got close. Aaron took IL5 to T-ball (he seemed taken aback by the fact that players can’t get out in T-ball), and I took M11 to baseball.
Friday
Friday, after speech therapy, IL5 and I went to a park for a playdate. There was a big vehicle show. IL5 was intrigued by the construction vehicles. He also played for a bit in the playground.
In the afternoon, I helped M11 finish packing for Boy Scout camp (whitewater rafting). D14 went to their mom’s, so in the evening, Aaron, IL5, dad, and I went out to eat.
Week’s Photos
Letters Written
- One letter Maine
- One letter Maryland
Reading to myself
- Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett
- Unspeakable Mind, by Shaili Jain
- Dragonwatch, by Brandon Mull
- Mr Ballen podcast
- Zombies vs Unicorns, by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
- Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins
- Bible
- The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Reading to IL5
- Society of Substitutes: Frenemies, by Alan Katz
- Time Jumpers: Stealing the Sword, by Wendy Mass
Media Completed
Snowball, a classroom hamster grows to ginormous proportion, and decides to take over the world. Noah, the evil ferret, must team up with Mrs Worthy and Milton to stop her. Cute. Funny. A good installment to this series.
Magrat inherits a fairy godmother wand, and goes with Nanny Ogg and Nanny Weatherwax to save a young woman from marrying a prince. Very humorous, as are all of Pratchett’s books.
Chase and Ava find a mysterious suitcase at a flea market and it takes them back to King Arthur’s time. Cute. Nothing special, but entertaining enough.
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