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Saturday
Saturday Aaron, IL6, and I went to M12’s band concert. It was really well-done. Later in the night, I started my cross-stitch pattern (a baby Creeper for IL6).
Sunday
Sunday, we all relaxed. I went to the gym and wrote letters. Aaron and I had a date.
Monday
Monday was a good day. IL6 had two appointments. The second was a blood draw, which, as always, was this huge ordeal. After dropping him at school, Aaron and I ran our errands. Then dad took us to Perkins. I wrote two letters. I worked on my to-do list.
Dad paid for Aaron to get a gym membership and personal trainer (he’s paying mine, too). I have faith he’ll exercise his butt off and I won’t almost beat him at arm wresting anymore. (Yes, I’m poking at you, Aaron. I clearly would have won if you hadn’t cheated. 😝)
When D15 got home, she was upset about some strange 3-day assignment in which she was supposed to pretend to be Italy and compete with other “countries” for parts of Africa. She didn’t like hurting the pretend people. I emailed the teacher and asked if this was supposed to help students empathize with the people being colonized. She said yes, but she didn’t think people were getting it, so she had decided to drop the assignment.
I read to D15 and played LEGOs with IL6.
Tuesday
Tuesday I took M12 to the eating disorder doctor, and she told him he needs to eat more if he wants to grow during puberty. He is now worried he will end up shorter than D15. Part of the problem is that he asked me if he would be taller than D15 and I answered “I hope so.”
M12 had a school band concert. He did great. Not only did Aaron and I go, but we saw where he sat, which apparently was important to M12. (I’m not sure what made him think we didn’t pick him out when he went to his seat. Maybe because all 7th graders look alike?)
The rest of the day was encompassed with some teen drama with D15. At the end of the day, I told Aaron I couldn’t wait to go to work so I could sleep, and IL6 offered to go into his room with me so that I could take a nap on his bed. He took my nap really seriously, because after getting up at 8:45 to tell dad and M12 to take their meds, I came back and sat on the bed with my head in my hands. After a minute or so, IL6 said “mommy, why aren’t you sleeping?” 😊
Wednesday
Wednesday we had D15’s intake for therapy.
Then we went to the pharmacy and tried to pick up IL5’s prescription. The pharmacy said they didn’t get the script from the doctor. I said “That’s odd. This is the second time they’ve said they’ve sent it, then it didn’t get here.”
I messaged the doctor and said their script didn’t make it, again. And could they send a sample to the office nearby so we wouldn’t run out, as promised on Monday by the provider.
The patient care coordinator said they never sent the script, and they didn’t send the sample because the script was now sent. But that is exactly what the provider said on Monday “I just sent it now, it wasn’t sent before.” I have 100% faith they sent it all three times, and that their system is glitching and not sending it and that now I will run out of the med because the patient care coordinator didn’t send the sample to the nearby office, as the provider promised.
After school, I took IL5 to McDonald’s for a playdate. He really enjoyed himself. Immediately upon returning home, dad took us to Olive Garden, but my sleeping disorder hit on the way to Olive Garden, and I fell asleep in the car. I could hardly keep my eyes open during dinner, plus the ice in my drink made me cold.
Upon getting home, I fell asleep again until it was time to work. IL5 joined me and played on my phone. At work, I immediately pulled the blanket over my head, did some last minute stuff on my phone, stuck my head out, and slept soundly until 6am.
Thursday
Thursday was wonderful – I had zero appointments. I could have used it to get lots of stuff done, but I caught up on letters (I had 6 this week), used my Groot wax seal Santa got me, and I read. In the evening, IL6 went to Cub Scouts and checked in his Pinewood Derby car. Then he made a cute card for me. He even wrote “I love mom” on it with hearts he drew himself. (That reminds me, he’s been getting hearts with “E(2) IL6” written in them, lately. I asked who E(2) was, but all he said was “I think E(2) loves me.” I should see if I can get hold of E(2)’s mom for play dates. Right now, he has 3 friends – triplets – S, E(1), and M(2).)
Oh, and IL6’s med was there. (Blush)
Friday
Friday morning, I started at work, hearing that my aunt was in the hospital with sepsis. She’s 86, so it’s not a good sign. However, they cleared it up by the end of the day and sent her back to the rehab facility. She does have multiple organ failure, though, so she has been put on hospice starting Saturday. Dad and I were already going to visit her this weekend, so we decided it was a good idea to go despite the recent hospitalization.
I took IL6 to an appointment. I meant to take him to a second appointment, but when I got there it didn’t exist. 🤷♀️
Aaron and I went to the gym to weight lift and walk on the treadmill. Then Aaron cooked chili, and I sat with IL6 in his room.
Reading to myself
- The Mystery of Exploding Teeth, by Thomas Morris
- Children of Virtue and Vengeance, by Tomi Adeyemi
- Beyond these Walls, by Tony Platt
- Wrath of the Dragon King, by Brandon Mull
- Mahabharata
Reading to IL5
- Golem’s Game, by Nick Eliopulos
D14 reading
- Neverseen, by Shannon Messenger (I’m reading this to her)
Aaron reading
- The Fury of the Gods, John Gwynne
Media Completed
In this amusing bit of nonfiction, Morris includes stories about weird medical incidents throughout the centuries. The stories were short, and well-researched. Some of them seemed a bit unlikely, but he admitted that although he got the stories from medical journals, the stories may not be true. I enjoyed reading this.
Penelope is given a saber-toothed cat for a pet, but has a lot of difficulty controlling it. A cute story that IL6 liked.
This is the penultimate book in the Stonesword Chronicles. Our intrepid Minecraft players must face some challenges alone. IL6 is enjoying the series.
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