Update April 19, 2025

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Saturday

Saturday, I made Aaron some chicken chili for lunch this week, read, and went to M12’s play. It was really good. Then we went to Perkins to celebrate. IL6 read to me, and then I read to him till midnight.

Sunday

Sunday after Palm Sunday Mass with dad, IL6, M12, my friend Liz, and her nephew went to Olive Garden. Liz and I discussed our book club book. We both liked it, though I didn’t like the main character much. Then IL6 and I spent a long time at the library. I read for a bit, and watched the first episode of The Residence on Netflix.

Monday

Monday I took dad to the gym, but I’m still tired from my burnout and was only able to go 30 minutes on the treadmill again. Then I ran to Target for our food, and took IL6 to his appointment. In the evening, I read to D15.

Tuesday

Tuesday was busy. I took D15 to an appointment. Then I took dad to Perkins and ran several errands. M12 had a jazz band concert – and he had a solo! He kept it hidden from us, in order to surprise us.

Wednesday

Wednesday I took dad to his personal trainer at the gym. Then I ran an errand and rocked my to-do list. I even got some reading done.

When D15 got home, she expressed concern that someone at school gave her the wrong med. It didn’t look like she expected it to, but she took it anyway. So Thursday I’ll have to check what the pills in the school’s bottle of meds look like to determine if she was given someone else’s med.

In the evening, D15 and Aaron went to Home Depot and bought a 5×4 board for their 6000 piece puzzle.

Thursday

Thursday I was feeling very distracted all day. I couldn’t prioritize or read. So I started my to-do list in alphabetical order and got down to “K” before quitting. That meant I got some tasks done that I’ve been procrastinating on. At the end of the day, I played Duplos with IL6.

Friday

Friday, I took IL6 to his two Friday morning appointments and did a bunch of reading. I boiled our Easter eggs in the instant pot. It was supposed to make “perfect” boiled eggs. I admit, the yolks were a pretty good color. I also prepared the Easter baskets and put candy in all the plastic eggs. I played Spore with IL6 after dinner. D15 is proud of herself for lettering in academics and for getting the light board assignment for the musical revue that the high school is putting on. Oh! And I forgot to mention that she did take the right med earlier in the week. It was just a different manufacturer than the bottle at home.

Week’s Photos

Reading to myself

The Building that Wasn’t, by Abigail Miles
Master of the Phantom Isle, by Brandon Mull
The Week: Playing with Fire
The Economist: Age of Chaos
The Economist: How a Dollar Crisis Would Unfold
So Long and Thanks For All the Fish, by Douglas Adams
On Human Nature, by Edward O Wilson
A Survey of Hinduism, by Klaus K Klostermaier

Reading to IL5

Recess is a Jungle, by Jack Chabert
Trucks, by Jean Coppendale
Stitch Head: The Spider’s Lair
A Troll Lot of Trouble, by Andres Miedoso
Stitch Head: The Monster Hunter
The Bad Guys in Superbad, by Aaron Blabey
Saving the Sun Dragon, by Tracey West
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct, by Ame Dyckman
A Trip to the Moon, adapted by Christy Webster

D14 reading

Lodestar, by Shannon Messenger
A Curse so Dark and Lonely, by Brigid Kemmerer

Media Completed

Sam, Lucy, and Antonio get caught in a swampy jungle after recess. Enjoyed by IL6.

Stitch Head and Ivo leave their castle rescue Arabel. They come across a gigantic spider that sucks spirit. Excellent installment in the series.

Everly discovers a strange building, and finds herself trapped. The concept was interesting, though I didn’t care about Everly. She just wasn’t compelling to me.