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Saturday
Saturday IL6 had a birthday party to go for his triplet friends. It was at a kids’ gymnastics gymnasium. He loved it for the first hour, but then they decided to make it structured, and he got bored and came back to me. (I think the gymnasium was trying to drum up interest in their gymnastics classes by having a “lesson.”)
After the party, I wrote a letter, then Aaron and I went to D15’s play. There were two 45 minute plays, and she was very proud of being able to bow twice.
Sunday
Sunday we all relaxed. M12 went to band. In the evening, we played D&D as a family.
Monday
Monday was pretty productive. I dived into my to-do list, took dad to an appointment, the bank, and a nail salon. Since I had finished a good chunk of stuff by then, I read The Economist until IL6 got home. When M12 got home from auditions for the middle school play, I started cooking meatloaf. M12 then went to Boy Scouts and I finally programmed in Scratch with IL6 again. He learned a lesson on saving when he accidentally deleted something that we couldn’t get back, and we had to go back to a previous save. He lost some work, but he survived.
Tuesday
Tuesday Aaron and I took D15 to an appointment, and then we exercised. D15 did tech crew work after school. M12 had jazz band rehearsal.
When IL6 got home, he wanted to program the computer more (he’s really catching on), but what he wanted to do wasn’t possible, and he wouldn’t believe me. Then M12 tried to do it, and he said it was impossible, and IL6 believed him.
Wednesday
Wednesday started with me taking dad to the gym – we were both going to work out. But then I discovered that the wheel had fallen off his walker, so I told dad that we needed to look for the nut and bolt. It had fallen out somewhere. Dad said “Oh! Do you need me to come along?” Like, umm. Well it IS your walker. But, whatever. I left him there and went searching for the bolt. I didn’t find it. I returned 30 minutes later for my workout with my personal trainer.
Then Aaron and I went to a pub while waiting for our car to get an oil change.
Later, we went to parent-teacher conferences for the boys. They are both doing well. All teachers gave glowing reviews.
Thursday
Thursday was a relaxing day. The boys had no school, so dad took us all to Perkins. Then we relaxed at home. I read to D15 in the evening.
Friday
On Friday, I took IL6 to an appointment and then tried to take him to a second appointment, but it was cancelled. Then I took him for a haircut. Following that, I took IL6 and M12 to the library, and then D15 to a doctor’s appointment. In the evening, dad took us out to dinner.
Reading to myself
- The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
- Human Acts, by Han Kang
- 12 Major World Religions, by Jason Boyett
- Mr Ballen Podcast
- The Life of Elizabeth I, by Allison Weir
- The Economist: Revolt Against Regulation
- The Week: Immigration Offensive
- Master of the Phantom Isle, by Brandon Mull
- Ravenswood Witch, by Jenni Keer
Reading to IL5
- Attack of the Shadow Smashers, by Troy Cummings
- Jo Bright and the Seven Bots, by Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunter
- The Kiss Box, by Bonny Verburg and Henry Cole
- The Fran With Four Brains, by Jim Benton
D14 reading
- Neverseen, by Shannon Messenger
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Aaron reading
- Fury of the Gods, by John Gwynne
Media Completed
A young bear learns to separate temporarily from his mom.
Retelling of Snow White
Alexander and his team fight shadow monsters. IL6 loved it.
Fran builds some bots to help her get stuff done.
In this heartbreaking novel, Han Kang explores how people must have felt in the aftermath of the Gwangju uprising (where about 2000 people were massacred for protesting). I had not heard about this real event in 1980, and it was terrible to behold in this novel. Human Acts was eloquently written – I see why Han Kang won the Nobel Prize.
Hibernator's Library 