Update February 14, 2026

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Saturday

Saturday I made baked beans for Aaron then played Piku Niku with IL7. Dad took us out to Olive Garden for dinner.

Sunday

Sunday, I made Aaron some white chili and took IL7 to swim lessons. IL7 and M13 played Minecraft. Aaron went grocery shopping. In the evening the family played D&D.

Monday

Monday morning I took IL7 to an appointment, took dad to the gym and a doctor appointment, had a virtual visit of my own, and then attended an in-home appointment for dad.

The day went downhill from there with 2 people crying, one person being grumpy, and one person being in too much pain to eat. So I made meatloaf, but then we didn’t have dinner.

Tuesday

Tuesday was fairly relaxing. I only had one appointment. M13 played Minecraft with IL7.

Wednesday

Wednesday, dad’s bruised tailbone hurt so much that we cancelled his outing to the gym. I made his bed and then made him oatmeal. In the evening, IL7 had 2 appointments in the evening.

Thursday

Thursday, I treated myself to Olive Garden with my Christmas money, then ran errands. I had D&D in the evening.

Friday

Friday I took IL7 to an appointment, then relaxed for the rest of the day. M13 went to his mom’s house. I read to D16. Aaron played Gloomhaven with his friends.

Reading to myself

  • Gulag Archipelago Part 3, by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn
  • War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
  • Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune
  • The Week: Start of the Steal
  • Systematic Theology, by Wayne Grudem
  • Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Paradise Lost, by John Milton
  • Deathless Divide, by Justina Ireland
  • Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Reading to IL7

  • Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets, by Dav Pilkey
  • Any Fin is Possible, by Mo O’Hara
  • Cat Kid Comic Club Influencers, by Dav Pilkey
  • The Zombie Chasers by John Kloepfer
  • Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea, by Dav Pilkey

D16 reading

  • Fury of the Gods, by John Gwynne

Media Completed

Linus is sent on a work trip to investigate an orphanage with scary-magical children. OMG. I haven’t liked a book this much in years. It was funny, sweet, and interesting.

This final Sherlock Holmes book was as interesting as the rest. There was one story where I felt Holmes acted out of character, but that’s ok.

Jane is fighting for her life in this reconstruction-era zombie book. It was creative and interesting. The book was left open for the sequel.

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