It occurs to me I haven't done a proper update in awhile. So.

My birthday was last Thurs (2 Jul). My family was kind - Two made me waffles at my request, and I got presents and cards, talked to my mom and later had a Zoom with both her and my aunt/uncle. But it was otherwise pretty quiet. I had scheduled a blood donation but failed the iron test ( Read more... )

* Watched MiniPlu's virtual graduation video over the weekend. It's amazing how, no matter how much time has passed, the graduation speeches always sound the same, lol.
* Need to report on MiniPlu's final Adopt-a-Senior deliveries, but not tonight - need to get to bed.
* Finished reading City of Fallen Angels aloud to Two. He LOVES the ( Read more... )

tl;dr: lots of senior-related activities this week ( Read more... )

Oof. I spent about eight hours (well, with a couple of breaks for lunch and such here and there) dealing with rocks today. On the one hand, it wasn't really strenuous work, as I was just sitting on the ground, using my hands to move small decorative stone away from the roses, away from weeds, etc, using my weed-digging tool to pry rocks out of ( Read more... )

First off, a question, particular for Americans: Is there a standard color dress girls wear to graduation, regardless of what color cap/gowns they wear? (purpleink, I'm not asking you. ;) ) ( White isn't just for weddings, apparently )

Man, the last 2 days have been a real rollercoaster ( Read more... )

So it looks like I haven't posted any actual content for a couple of weeks. I feel like my life has been pretty boring, tbh. I've been full up on sub jobs, just about every day and while I certainly don't mind the money (so to speak - the pay rate isn't fantastic; MiniPlu earns more per hour at her Levi's job than I do as a sub), I intended this ( Read more... )

Gacked from meathiel:

1. What is the color of your toothbrush?
Bright pink and white. (My dentist picked it.)

2. Name someone who made you smile today.
Two - he gave himself his T shot for the first time!

( 48 more scintillating questions under here )

And on the second day of the school year:

MiniPlu got ( stressed again )

I am really sorry not to have given any actual update of any real value in weeks. It always just felt like such a big task, late at night when I was tired and not able to put words together in meaningful sentences. But the longer I go, the bigger the task gets, so ... I'm going to do my best to sum up what's been going on:

( End of school year - finals/grades )