Update October 4, 2025

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Saturday

Saturday Aaron, M13, and I got COVID shots. My arm started hurting so bad later that day that I was having difficulty lifting it. I spent the day recovering from a headache and a bad mood (for the second day in a row).

Sunday

Sunday I woke with a headache and dad woke with chest pains, so we skipped Mass. I mostly read and worked on a few odd jobs around the house till it was time for IL6’s swim lessons. When Aaron got home from picking up D15 at her mom’s house, the family went to Outback Steakhouse. Then IL6 worked on his homework and we read longer as a reward.

Monday

Monday was busy for me. IL6 had an appointment where he showed me he knew how to put on his socks and shoes, despite acting like he can’t do it at home. The little rascal.

Luckily the elementary school is right next to the middle school, because I had to immediately run there and pick up M13. I took him to the orthodontist.

Pretty quickly after that I took dad to the gym and got a workout in myself. Then I got IL6 off the bus and took him to M13’s soccer game. He even watched a while before going back to his phone. M13 did great (as far as I’m concerned, he didn’t think so).

In the evening I read to D15.

Tuesday

Tuesday I took D15 to an appointment downtown, which is always a pain parking. Then I ran errands with dad. After school I watched IL6 play Pikuniku whole writing letters. After dinner, Aaron and I watched two episodes of Andor.

Wednesday

Wednesday, I took D15 to an appointment, then took dad to the gym for his personal trainer appointment. I got a good amount of exercising done, and stopped as soon as I became tired because I wanted to conserve energy.In between my stuff, I got some reading done.

After school, IL6 had an appointment, then faith formation. He remained quiet in the church, but he was very squirmy. He found the class more interesting.

M13 had a soccer game that his mom went to. D15 had Best Buddies (where she hung out with special ed students). Aaron worked till 8pm.

Thursday

Thursday I woke feeling overwhelmed. I took a half hour nap at home then had a seminar for learning how to parent a child with autism. I still have not learned anything, but it was nice talking. After that, I took an hour nap and woke feeling better. Dad’s nurse practitioner came to visit. Then in the evening, I played D&D. M13 had soccer practice. Aaron worked till 9:20pm.

Friday

Friday, I wrote a letter, took IL6 to an appointment, and then took Dad to the gym for his personal trainer appointment. I worked out on the treadmill for 45 minutes. I got lots of reading done. M13 went to soccer practice. Aaron worked till 8:30pm.

Week’s Photos

Reading to myself

Pandemic, by Sonia Shah
Upright Women Wanted, by Sarah Gailey
The Hero With a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquil Blackgoose
Exile, by R A Salvatore
Mr Ballen podcast

Reading to IL5

Diary of a Minecraft Zombie: Book 2, by Zack Zombie
Roar of the Thunder Dragon, by Tracey West
Revenge of the Horned Bunnies, by Ursula Vernon

Media Completed

In this Western-style dystopia Esther runs away from her dad for fear of marrying a man. She thinks being lesbian is despicable, as the laws say. But the group she joins just happens to be LGBTQ as well. This book has good world-building and character development and is fun as a concept. It is light on plot, but was pretty good anyway.

Zack Zombie deals with bullies. It is full of typos and isn’t particularly interesting. The pictures are few and unoriginal.

The dragon masters defend their dragons against a mean dragon master who wants to steal their dragons. Reasonably good with nice pictures. IL6 seems more interested in humor books, but he seems cool with this series.