Update October 11, 2025

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Saturday

Saturday was my birthday. I got some reading done and played Minecraft with IL6.

Sunday

Sunday I rested again, preparing for another busy week. I got in some napping and some reading. D15 played D&D. The family went out to Red Lobster for my birthday.

Monday

Monday I took IL6 to an appointment, then I went to the gym with Dad. I managed an hour on the treadmill. Aaron and I had a telehealth appointment. Then I wrote a letter. In the afternoon, IL6 and I went to M13’s soccer game. I read to D15. M13 went to Boy Scouts.

Tuesday

Tuesday I took D15 to an appointment then had lunch with Aaron. I made some baked beans for Aaron’s lunches for the rest of the week. In the evening, IL6 had “curriculum night” at the school, where he showed us around to look at what he’s been doing in school. Aaron played Minecraft with IL6. M13 had soccer practice.

Wednesday

Wednesday I went to the gym with dad then ran errands. In the afternoon, M13 had a soccer game that his mom attended. I took IL6 to an appointment, then faith formation. He learned about Noah.

Thursday

Thursday, I had a parenting seminar for kids with autism, then went on a lunch date with Aaron. Dad’s nurse practitioner came for an appointment. In the evening Aaron and I went to parent-teacher conferences at the high school. D15 is doing really well. All the teachers love her.

Friday

Friday I went to Perkins with Dad then took IL6 to his appointment. I took dad to the gym then read till early evening. Aaron and I took IL6 to Gabby’s Dollhouse movie, and he was almost as excited as he was about the Minecraft movie. Then he and IL6 watched K-Pop Demon Hunters, I read, and Aaron played his computer game with his friends.

Week’s Photos

Reading to myself

Survey of Hinduism, by Klaus K Klostermaier
My Brain is Different, by Monzusu
Exile, by R A Salvatore
The Week: Enemies List
Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
New Scientist: Do Black Holes Really Exist?
Sojourn, by R A Salvatore
Pandemic, by Sonia Shah

Reading to IL5

Robo-Dodo Rumble, by Tom Angleberger
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The Sea-quel, by Mo O’Hara
The Bad Guys in The Others?!, by Aaron Blabey
The Art Show Attacks, by Jack Chabert
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir-Stinks-A-Lot, by Dav Pilkey

Media Completed

Didi Dodo and Koko Dodo deal with a robot dodo who is trying to put Koko out of business. IL6 loved it.

The team tries to reunite with The Others in tow. Very funny.

Review in separate post due to it being an ARC review.

In this fifth book of Keepers of the Lost Cities, Sophie and her friends continue to battle the Neverseen. I’m not really enjoying these books much. There’s lots of moments where the characters just don’t do things that would be in character. There are plot holes. Too much effort to use big words. But I’m enjoying reading it to Deirdre.

After living alone in the underdark for 10 years, Drizzt looks for company. His mother still hunts him. This was exciting, with good battle scenes and kept to the world-building that a Dungeons and Dragons book should have. The characters were reasonably well-developed. Overall a good second book.

D15 wanted me to read this manga. It is very important that she strongly relate to characters in books, so this was a powerful book to her. It is a series of short manga essays about ADHD, autism, and learning disabilities. I found it boring at first. Then I was interested in the Japanese point of view on these things. Then I started to feel a little heartsick due to all the toxic teachers and parents. Is this what it’s like? Or was the artist choosing a certain type of essay?