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Saturday
Saturday was a busy day for me. I had lunch at Olive Garden with my friend Liz. I took IL5 along for the ride. Liz and I discussed Poor Things, by Alasdair Gray and picked our next book. Then we picked up D14 and went to Michaels for crafting supplies. Usually I let IL5 craft with whatever is lying around the house, but I thought maybe he’d have fun with some pipecleaners and construction paper. He had a lot of fun when we got home.
Then Aaron and I ran a bunch of errands, including getting a new tent (the old one broke), popping by the pet store to get clippers for the kittens, going to get some manure for our yardwork, and stopping by two pharmacies for prescriptions.
In the evening, I met another friend, Estelle, at a brewery and had a nice chat. I got a flight, and really liked all the beers I tried.
The next morning, dad said he’d probably had a heart attack while Aaron and I were running errands, but he didn’t call 911 because “it would scare D14.” More likely, he just didn’t want to go to the hospital.
Sunday
Sunday M12 left for his week-long Boy Scout Camp.
I worked during the day. In the evening, I had a another date with a friend. This was someone I met on the app Bumble BFF. I started chatting with people one day when I was stuck somewhere with my phone. This person and I got along well. She wanted to meet up, so we made plans for dinner.
On the day of, I messaged to see if we were still meeting, and she didn’t answer. I was worried that if I skipped, she would go and I would stand her up. So I drove a half hour to have sushi alone. About a half hour after she was supposed to meet me, she messaged with the excuse that she only got 5 hours of sleep, and then spent the day doing things around the house with her boyfriend. (She only said sorry for not meeting me, not that she didn’t tell me she wasn’t coming.) Then she changed the topic. When I didn’t answer, a few hours later she said sorry (again, no mention that she could have told me she wasn’t coming), but her legs really hurt, and she wouldn’t have been good company. Could we meet up during the week?
So I answered and told her that I was annoyed that she didn’t tell me she wasn’t coming, and that wasting people’s time is really rude.
Aaron went out with his good friend Genevive for dinner. She was in town for a convention.
Monday
Monday I took it easy. IL5 had swim lessons. I was thinking of taking him to ride his bike somewhere, but it was supposed to rain (it didn’t). Anyway, I was tired from not sleeping well. So we relaxed except for some minor housework.
Tuesday
Tuesday was productive. It started with a virtual appointment for D14. Then Aaron and I cleaned the garage. He took the day off especially. It would have taken me (alone) 5 hours to clean that garage, instead of about 2.5 hours with Aaron. It was quite the workout, and I didn’t feel like cooking afterwards, so we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. After that, Aaron and I watched a couple episodes of Supernatural.
Wednesday
Wednesday D14 had a virtual appointment. Then I rested during most of the day. D14, Aaron, dad and I had lunch together. Dad and I took the old garage chemicals and some old computers to the county recycling center, and ran a couple other errands. I cooked shrimp for dinner.
Thursday
Thursday IL5 had an appointment. I was feeling very fatigued and thought maybe I was sick, so I called into my day job. I got some reading done.
Friday
Friday I still wasn’t feeling well, but it was clearly a mental health thing and not a virus, so I went ahead with my day. Not that I had much choice for some of it.
First, I took IL5 to a playdate with his friends at a splash pad. They had a lot of fun. D14 made some chocolate chip cookies while we were gone. Then I left and picked up M12 from Boy Scout camp. We had a pleasant ride home.
When I got home I was exhausted from my tumultuous mental health that day, and struggled to stay awake while I was putting IL5 to bed.
Week’s Photos
Letters Written
- One letter Maryland
- One letter Michigan
Reading to myself
- Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett
- Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
- Behave, by Robert Sapolsky
- Mr Ballen podcast
- Alan Turing: The Enigma
- Mr Ballen podcast
Reading to IL5
- Robo Rabbit Boy Go, by Thomas Flintham
- Super King Viking Land, by Thomas Flintham
D14 reading
- Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J Maas
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