Update November 15, 2025

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Saturday

Saturday IL6 had a stomach ache because he hadn’t pooped in several days. I tried giving him a bath to relax him, but it didn’t help. I spent a couple hours massaging his belly. M13 watched anime. I read and cross-stitched. I also made some white chili for Aaron’s lunches. Aaron cooked some red chili for dinner.

Sunday

Sunday, I took IL6 to swim lessons. D15 came home from her mom’s and we all (minus Dad an IL6) played Pandemic Legacy. This time, we won the game. M13 built a Duplo tower all the way to the ceiling, and it managed to stay up all night.

Monday

Monday I took IL6 to an appointment, took dad to the gym, and took M13 to an appointment. I read to D15 at the end of the day. IL6 played his new computer game and M13 watched anime.

Tuesday

Tuesday I was feeling a little off from vivid dreams the night before. I took D15 to an appointment, followed by an appointment for IL6. Aaron had the day off for Veteran’s Day. He and I went out for a couple beers. In the evening, I played Minecraft with IL6, and Aaron spent an hour in line at Culver’s – there was a fundraiser for the middle school band.

Wednesday

Wednesday I made Aaron a new pinto bean recipe for his lunches and took dad to the gym. I had to pick D15 up from school because she hurt her kneecap again. I took IL6 to an appointment and then faith Formation while Aaron took D15 to orthopedic urgent care to check out her knee. After much thought, the doctor decided to refer her to a surgeon.

Thursday

Thursday I had an appointment in the morning. I read a lot. Dad had an appointment in the afternoon. Then I played D&D.

Friday

Friday, Aaron got up 30 minutes early to get D15 to school (as she usually walks). I took IL6 to an appointment, dropped dad off at the gym, picked D15 up from school, and picked up dad from the gym. Aaron made hamburgers for dinner.I got lots of reading done.

Week’s Photos

Reading to myself

Survey of Hinduism, by Klaus K Klostermaier
The Week: Mainstreaming Hate
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Hunger of the Gods, by John Gwynne
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him, by Tracy Borman
New Scientist: Runaway Aging
Gulag Archipelago Part 2, by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn
March Book 3, by John Lewis
Mr Ballen Podcast
Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Nightfall, by Shannon Messenger

Reading to IL5

Fins of Fury, by Mo O’Hara
Waking the Rainbow Dragon, by Tracey West

D14 reading

Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

Media Completed

The Dragon Masters bring rain back to a foreign land by saving a rainbow dragon.

In the final installment of Lewis’ graphic memoir, more people die, more marches happen, and a federal law is finally made. This series was educational and heartbreaking.