Update May 10, 2026

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Saturday

Saturday, Aaron and I went to buy a new dishwasher, as ours had broken. Then IL7, D16, and I went to swim at my sister’s hotel room. Meanwhile, Aaron was at board gaming with some friends. In the evening, Aaron went to D16’s high school play. 

Sunday

Sunday, I made some chickpea curry for Aaron’s lunches – I had to run for groceries twice for it. M13 got a haircut. IL7 DM’d a Dungeons and Dragons session for Aaron and myself. It was a battle, but he introduced too many baddies, so we’ll probably die. He built a creature out of LEGO and ChatGPT made a stat block for it. It was so cute. D16 had the final show of Hadestown. They finally used the trapdoor, so she got to help run that. I enjoyed the show. It was very well-done.

Monday

Monday IL7 had an appointment, then I followed Dad around the gym, dragging his oxygen. I had a video visit appointment afterwards. Later in the evening, my friend Liz came over and we watched Doctor Who with D16 and Aaron.

Tuesday

Tuesday, M13 had an appointment, and then Dad had physical therapy followed by a CT scan. I got a bit of reading done after cooking dinner.

Wednesday

Wednesday I took Dad to the gym, ran some errands, and went to an appointment alone.

Thursday

Thursday, Aaron took the day off and we celebrated our anniversary. We went to our favorite Mongolian Grill and relaxed a bit. When IL7 got home, we took him to the park.

Friday

Friday I took IL7 to an appointment and then Dad to the gym. I cooked dinner, and IL7 actually cooperated while eating. I got some reading to myself done, as well as some reading to IL7 till midnight.

Week’s Photos

Reading to myself

  • Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
  • Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
  • Ink and Bone by Rachel Cain
  • Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett
  • Gulag Archipelago Part 3 by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn
  • Curse of Strahd by Dungeons and Dragons
  • Higgs Boson and Beyond by Sean Carroll
  • The Essays of Montaigne
  • The Stand, by Stephen King
  • Mr Ballen Podcast

Reading to IL7

  • School Daze by Zack Zombie
  • Super Rabbit Boy’s Team-up Trouble by Thomas Flintham

IL7 reading

  • Super Rabbit Boy’s Super Time Jump by Thomas Flintham

Media Completed

In this very educational set of lectures, Sean Carroll does a fantastic job of clearly explaining a difficult subject.

Like the first two volumes, this book describes the Russian gulags before the fall of the Soviet Union. Informative, if not exciting.

This is the third book in Discworld’s Night Watch series. Very funny and engaging.