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Saturday
Saturday I spent the morning cooking – baked beans for this week’s lunches for Aaron and me, quinoa salad for meals for me, and pork chops for M12’s week. In the evening, Aaron and I had a date. We went out to dinner at a new (to Aaron) restaurant where we had a coupon, and then walked from home to a tavern.
Sunday
Sunday I worked, and then Aaron, dad, and I had dinner out. I got to bed after midnight due to IL5’s dawdling. Then at 3am, dad woke us up saying he had chest pain and pressure. The EMTs wanted him to go to the hospital, but seemed to want me to drive him there. So we are sitting in the ER as I write this.
Monday
Monday, I spent from 3:30 – 6:00am at the hospital with dad. They decided to admit him and do an angioplasty, so I went home to sleep, as it was unlikely they’d rush to get that done. It wasn’t really easy to sleep, though, since at 8am my phone started beeping and ringing away.
I kept myself busy during the day. IL5 had swim lessons. Then I worked on cleaning the house. I even read for a little while.
In the evening, I took IL5 to soccer. I found out that I had missed the first week. Apparently it started last week. 🤷♀️ Oh well. IL5 did better than last year – he stayed on the field when he was supposed to be on, and stayed off when he was supposed to be off. Maybe by the end of the season, he’ll notice the ball.
M12 had a Court of Honor at Boy Scouts and was awarded his tenderfoot rank, and the climbing and astronomy merit badges.
Tuesday
Tuesday, I rushed home from work and did a few necessary things, then had a virtual appointment with D14 and Aaron. Immediately afterwards, I went to the hospital, in hopes they’d release dad. I was there all day. I took a nap by pushing two chairs together and curled up in a ball. I went through my phone to-dos. I read. I watched YouTube. Finally, at 6pm, they released him, only having done a stress test. Which came up uninteresting.
On the way home, we popped over to a hotel to help my homeless nephew J20 a room. Then, we went home, and I did a few more necessary things before work.
IL5 had soccer pictures, but we think they’ll not work out because the coach gave another kid IL5’s order sheet, so there will be two under his name. Oh well. We have T-ball pictures.
Wednesday
Wednesday, I went to Perkins with M12 and dad. Then dad and I ran errands. Dad had an ultrasound on his leg, checking for peripheral artery disease, and I didn’t like the sound of the results, but we won’t follow up with the doctor till next Wednesday. After the appointment, dad and I ran another errand.
In the evening, I took IL5 to soccer. He kicked the ball (in the correct direction) and he was very proud. Most of the time he was happily running around in circles on the wrong part of the field. But he seems to enjoy being out there, as well as going to the playground afterwards. (We played “monster” in the bushes.)
Thursday
On Thursday I went to my day job, then we all watched Whose Line is it anyway after a salmon dinner.
Friday
Friday, IL5 had speech therapy. Then I spent the day preparing to camp. I cooked swordfish steak for the first time that evening, and it was quite delicious. Then M12, IL5, Aaron, and I left for our camping trip. It was a campground only 15 minutes from home, so we still had plenty of time to have a fire after the tent was set up. M12 burned some of his old math homework
Week’s Photos
Two bizarre instances of Hero coexisting with another cat. There was a third time, where Hero was on the bed with both Polyphemus and Sake. She doesn’t like other cats, and this bed is her territory.
Letters Written
- One letter Maine
- One letter Netherlands
- One letter Missouri
Reading to myself
- Behave, by Robert Sapolsky
- Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett
- Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
- Nurk, by Ursula Vernon
- Mr Ballen podcast
- Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
Reading to IL5
- Super Rabbit Boy World, by Thomas Flintham
- Super Rabbit Boy’s Team-Up Trouble, by Thomas Flintham
D14 reading
- Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J Maas
Media Completed
In this book from the witches arc of Discworld, the witches deal with some elves that are released by wannabe witches. Funny, as usual.
Games Played
We showed Malcolm flags from various countries and had him guess. He got most of them. He didn’t get Sri Lanka and Djibouti.
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