Update September 20, 2025

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Saturday

Saturday I played Minecraft with IL6, then M13 played with him. I made some jambalaya for a potluck on Sunday. I took M13 to Michael’s to buy fabric for his home economics project (pj pants), but they didn’t have anything interesting. We did manage to get the rest of the cross-stitch floss I needed for my next project. I bought my Aida cloth and the fabric for pickup order instead.

Sunday

Sunday, I went to church with dad, then to a friend’s house for a girls’ day. We played Unstable Unicorns. D15 played D&D. In the evening, I had to call AAA to tow the car because it wouldn’t start.

Monday

Monday, IL6 had an appointment, then I ran several errands. M13 had soccer then Boy Scouts. IL6 played a computer game. I read to D15.

Tuesday

Tuesday I took D15 to a morning appointment. Then I spent the day doing more time-sensitive tasks, so I still haven’t accomplished some of the tasks I wanted to complete. Maybe Wednesday. In the evening, we picked up the car again, this time with new tires.

M13 played Minecraft with IL6 after school. Then he did “something on the phone” with his friends. It was rather magnanimous of me to let him do that during dinner since he’s actually grounded right now. In the evening, Aaron and I watched an episode of Andor. Then, because we didn’t have time for another episode, we watched a (shorter) episode of the new Quantum Leap. It was amusing enough for one episode.

Wednesday

Wednesday I took IL6 to an appointment and was told he grew taller and gained zero weight over the past year (which explains the falling down pants). So I’ve got to figure that out.

That’s on top of the stress that D15 and M13 will only eat out of specific 15-year-old bowls that seem to disappear. As we want M13 to eat the largest variety possible, this is stressful. ChatGPT told me which bowl it was based on pictures, but couldn’t find an exact replacement on the internet. It suggested a different set of bowls which it claimed had similar size, shape, and translucency. It said that translucency often matters in cases like this. Interesting.

I was very, very stressed over IL6’s blood draw, which included about 20 minutes of coaxing his tears away, then pinning him down kicking and screaming. I took a second dose of anxiety meds afterwards (the first was due to stress anticipating the blood draw), and became extremely chill. It was nice, but it wore off about the time IL6 got home. I got some reading done while I was chill.

Immediately after IL6 arrived home, we went to another appointment, which he did a good job at.

Thursday

Thursday I had a parenting children with autism seminar by telehealth, which went well.

I woke lightheaded and tingly with cold symptoms. Then that progressed to cold symptoms and dissociation. The dissociation was gone by the time I drove to work.

M13 had soccer practice, then played Minecraft with IL6. IL6 then went to Cub Scouts.

Friday

Friday I went directly to urgent care after work in the morning. I watched a movie, spent an hour at the pharmacy waiting for my prescription, and took a nap. I was starting to feel less fatigued by the time I should read to IL6.

Reading to myself

Survey of Hinduism, by Klaus K Klostermaier
To Ride the Rising Storm, by Moniquil Blackgoose
Gulag Archipelago Part 2, by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn
Shadow of the Gods, by John Gwynne
Shepherds’s Crown, by Terry Pratchett
Pandemic, by Sonia Shah

Reading to IL5

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, by Mo O’Hara
Diary of a Minecraft Zombie, by Zack Zombie

D14 reading

Thirteen Doorways Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

Media Completed

When Tom’s big brother does a science experiment on a unsuspecting goldfish, the goldfish needs resuscitation. When it comes back to life, it is a zombie that can hypnotize people. This book was very fun and funny. It had great pictures. IL6 loved it.

This fantastic epic fantasy covers the stories of three characters as they navigate their viking-like world. It was very well-developed world-building and great character development. It felt like it was well-researched as well.