I'm coming in late again. I don't know if anyone checks in on these late-night posts or not, but I like having this record of events -- kinda like my online journal, I guess. I love to look back and see what was happening a year ago, or two, or five, you know?
Today -- TA-DA!
* Lunch with dfriend went well, as you all knew it would. We enjoyed ourselves, caught up on each other's families and everything, and said of course we will do this again.
* Clean sheets are in the dryer, and after watching basketball game on tv, I will get them back on the bed.
* I went to to the drug store & post office.
* I picked up the dgrands after school, took them to Sonic for a snack, took them home to get their phones, then back to our house.
That's when the day kinda went downhill... I realized dgd had been awfully quiet, and dgs said she was lying in their bed watching YouTube. Well, when I went to check on her, she was sound asleep. I woke her up for church, but after we got in the truck and started to town, she said she was just freezing to death and her throat hurt... so... we called her mommy and mommy agreed it was fine to let them stay home from church tonight.
We went to McDonald's and got supper, but she only ate her apple slices... said the chicken nuggets hurt her throat.
After she got off work, ddil came to get them and dgd had a little bit of fever -- 100/101? I can't remember exactly.
DDIL said she would call the rheumatologist tomorrow and see if they still want to see her, or if they want to re-schedule.
So... she was not at her best when they left, but I'm sure it's something that will blow over quickly. Just hate for her to be sick and miss her last three basketball games. Of course, they still have a county tournament to play.
I asked dgs if they did anything special today and he only mentioned his gifted ed class, which meets on Wednesdays. When I asked what they were doing in there, he said "studying Egypt." No mention of Disney... so... it must be something that is not high on his radar.
Part of me is amazed at the talent while the other part of me wants to check if they have lost every ounce of common sense.
I love it!
And good for you,
LadyM, with the better eating habits. No way I could resist pizza.
AND again -- I just can't say it enough -- I am so impressed by your ds! AND by YOU, being able to keep discussions reasonable and respectful. I'm afraid I yelled too much as a younger parent. DH and I both were very vocal when ds was growing up. To my credit, I will say I always apologized when I knew I was over-reacting... but still, I feel bad for losing my temper too often.
Nancy, I hope the dogs leave your fence alone now that their owners are aware!
I definitely relate to not wanting to be so "social" all the time.
In fact, that's part of my anxiety with dfriend being retired... I don't WANT to have regular lunch dates or go shopping together or anything. When I was whining about my dcousins' failure to include me in all their activities, dmom pointed out: "LUCY -- you turned them down half the time when they DID invite you!" She's right -- it's a lot different now that we are into the fourth generation. When it was just me, my brother, our four first cousins and our uncles and aunts... it was so much easier to get everyone together. Now we've kinda tripled that number, and there are a lot more birthdays and a lot more people to keep up with. Dmom is right; I don't even WANT to do it all, so I should just be relieved that I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings.
Blessed, morning exercise is much better for me, also. I skipped it today because I was on a deadline to get to lunch... and of course, I haven't done it yet. Maybe I will get my second wind in a bit.
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Twins))) I'm sorry about the loss of your dfriend.
And boy... btdt with the washer refusing to spin out. Mine especially will do that if the load is too small. It aggravates me to know end that it has no "small" load setting. I think it is supposed to be smart enough to put the right amount of water in and realize it has a small load -- but if that's the case, why does a load with two items take just as long as a load running over on the same cycle? AND why isn't it smart enough to know to spin out that small load??? (I think getting off balance is a lot of my problem too.)
Cathy, I think you're right -- January did last about 75 days, didn't it? LOL!!!
Hello to
Mystery!!! That's neat how you and LadyM are carrying your cards around with you during the day! WTG!
Hello to
Kathryn! (((HUGS))) I saw your post about church... so frustrating...
Oh -- hello to
Rose -- -- and there's
Kally!!! Let us know how you are doing!