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Saturday
Saturday, IL6, Aaron, and I went to Olive Garden with my friend Liz. I got lots of reading done. Aaron weeded and dug up some stumps.
Sunday
Sunday I did the school shopping (ok, so I ordered it all for pickup from Target, and let them do the school shopping). IL6 and I worked on an “update” for one of his Scratch games. Aaron did a Home Depot run – which required me having an argument with the furnace which came to physical blows. I took IL6 to swim lessons. Dad took us all to Red Lobster for dinner.
Monday
Monday I started out making Aaron some chickpea curry for his week’s lunches. Then I took M13 to the orthodontist (he didn’t eat for the rest of the day). I took dad to the gym and had a good workout myself. Then I took D15 to the library and dad to cardiac rehab. Aaron took D15 to rehearsal and I cooked dinner. Aaron and M13 went to M13’s Court of Honor, where M13 was awarded some merit badges. I baked Aaron a strawberry shortcake. IL6 wanted to pretend it was his dad’s 125th birthday, so we sang “Happy Birthday.”
Tuesday
Tuesday was long. First, I took D15 to an appointment. Then I ran an errand, and took M13 to an appointment. Afterwards, I drove him to his mom’s house – during rush hour traffic. She lives practically downtown. So it took an hour to get there and an hour to get back. It was harrowing.
In the evening, Aaron took D15 to rehearsal, mowed the lawn, and played Minecraft with IL6. I paced around and talked with dad.
Wednesday
Wednesday dad had an in-home nurse visit. Then he and I ran errands. I got my new glasses and can finally see. Except my eyes still get tired really fast. I’ve had them checked out – nothing wrong – I put in artificial tears every 2 hours, I don’t stare at a screen for hours at a time (generally). I took dad to cardiac rehab. Aaron took D15 to rehearsal.
Thursday
Thursday I had a work training right after my shift, so I was at work for an extra 4 hours. It was an only-audio “video” meeting. I got lots of cross-stitch done.
Immediately upon returning home, I took dad to see a doctor, which took a lot longer than it should have. So after picking up Loki and some hot chicken, I only had a half hour before D&D. Then I had a half hour break before going to work.
D15 was at her Newsies rehearsal. IL6 took a nap. Aaron played Diablo.
Friday
Friday I took dad to the gym. I got a good workout in, as well. I took him to a blood draw. D15 had opening night of Newsies.
Reading to myself
- Return of the Dragon Slayers, by Brandon Mull
- A Survey of Hinduism, by Klaus K Klostermaier
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Thomas Cromwell The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant, by Tracy Borman
- To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, by Moniquil Blackgoose
- Gulag Archipelago, by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn
- Dreadful, by Caitlin Rozakis
Reading to IL5
- Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, by Dav Pilkey
- Lair of the Bat Monster, by Ursula Vernon
D14 reading
- The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, by Anne Ursu
Aaron reading
- Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
Media Completed
Tippy Tinkletrousers escapes prison and causes chaos. Very fun
This was a well-written history of Cromwell. It balanced between a positive look at him and a negative look. I was a little put off by the subtitle. Does Borman think she’s the first person to tell Cromwell’s story? I would hope that her perspective was somewhat fresh, or at least the information was presented as a mixture of info from other books on the subject, but I can’t be sure, as it’s the only history of him that I have read.
This collection of short stories was fun, and had one of Holme’s famous lines about ruling out the improbable and accepting the improbable. Holmes was less of a conceited ass in this book than the first two novels I read.
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