Day 15: Photo Shoot with Props

Day 14 (TWO WEEKS!) October 5

Conference!
So - I was up from about 4-7am for whatever reason.
When I woke up, Jacob ate, Grandma was eating, and I had a bowl of cereal. I swept the dining room floor, ironed my shirt for church, and played Othello with Jacob.
Jacob and I got ready for conference and off we went.
At the end of the dinner after conference, I guessed at what Grandma would like to eat - and YAY - after she ate it later, she said she liked everything. Whoo-hoo. :)
After church, I rested/read, then Jacob and I went to the Sterlings. When we got home (around 9), I cut cantaloupe, Jacob ate some grits, I loaded the day's dishes in the dishwasher, Jacob took a shower, and. . .now it's now.

Day 13 Saturday, October ummmmm 4?

Woke up in the middle of the night with a fever - shaking uncontrollably, etc. I took ibuprofen, ended up sitting in the floor of the shower, and went back to bed. In the morning, I started laundry, and went to AppleCare - where I was given a prescription for a ZPak and some predisolone?? (steroid) to shrink my tonsils and such. I came home, chatted with Grandma about our respective birthing experiences. Then, I laid down/took a nap. At 2:30, dad came and picked up Jacob to take him to Blake's party since I was sick. While he was gone, I helped Grandma remake the bed, finished up the laundry, read a book, ate a little, talked to Tara, Teresa, and left a message for Kim about tomorrow's festivities in between conference.
When Jacob got home, we went "uptown" to Kmart and Harvey's. Among other things, we bought the game Othello. When we got home, Jacob and I played two games of it while Grandma watched. Then I cleaned up the kitchen to some degree, and we down-sized the number of graters and unused tupperware stuff. We are saving all of the colanders for now - until she turns 88 at least, when we will reassess the colander situation. I successfully located the Brewer's Yeast. Yay for me!
Jacob and I read a chapter from "Junie B. First Grader (At Last)"
Now it's bedtime.

Day 12 Friday, October 3, 2008

Today, I felt sicker during the day, but after medicating myself and taking a nap, I felt much better! :)
I bonded with several students at school today. When I got home - like I said, I immediately took a nap. After that, I went to mom and dad's to get Jacob's patches sewed on, then it was on to the Pack meeting! It went well, and the boys were adorable! After that, Jacob and I went to Cato (where I didn't find anything) then to Walmart to get a present for Blake's party tomorrow. Then, we went on to mom and dad's to pick up the "book" for Grandma. Then we went "home."
Once there, I started some laundry, cleaned off the kitchen table, cleaned off the kitchen counters, sorted a few things, tried on the clothes I bought at Walmart, chatted with Grandma, helped Jacob take off his scout stuff, etc.

Day 11 Thursday, October 2

I'm very drained, overly tired, etc tonight.
Got stuff ready and started crockpot before I left for school this morning - stuff got overly dried. Blah.
There are so many things I need to get done. . .tried to sew on Jacob's patches - the council patch was extremely crooked, so I took it back off - decided to try again tomorrow (after trying to iron it on unsuccessfully. (Granted - I'm sure the problem would have been prevented entirely if I had just used pins to hold it in place while I sewed it!
Grandma got lots more done in my room today.
My voice has been coming and going the last few days, and I've woken up quite congested. This is definitely contributing to my overwhelmed feeling.
Hopefully, tomorrow will be a calm, uneventful day - - well - except for the pack meeting, of course - and I can't find Jacob's Tiger Cub book! And I can't find the invitation to Blake's party - so I need to ask his mom when it is! Blah again!
I'm going to sleep!

Day 10 Wednesday

Grandma woke up before I left today - came and told me about what a great night's sleep she had gotten - 8 straight hours of sleep, with no bad dreams, etc. We teamed up against an angry (or scared) scorpion in the dining room, and Jacob and I left for school.
After school, Saundra and I (and Najji and Jacob) went to Walmart where I got various communal and individual groceries, a new crockpot, and 4 Rubbermaid boxes. Then, we took Saundra home - - where we saw the "small child" again - but I left before he could get into my car.
Got the mail, unloaded groceries, rested for a bit, then took the egg crate foam to the Elders (and the suit coat that apparently Oberg _did_ want to at least some degree, but didn't know that he was supposed to take it last night.
When I got home, Grandma and I chatted for awhile - mainly about former non-boyfriends that proposed. (Ok - so there's only one. . .). I had Jacob try on his Cub Scout uniform, and obviously he's adorable!
We re-made Grandma's bed adding the "Cuddle-Ewe" thingy that had been at my house since we borrowed if for Christmas visitors.

Day ummmm 9? Tuesday, September 30

Before leaving for school, I put a roast, potatoes, carrots, and onions in the crockpot.
So - after school, Saundra drove the car over to Grandma's, where we picked up the pants Jessica dropped off for Najji to borrow. Then, we drove back to Saundra's house - where a small child opened the door to my car and climbed on in my car! Saundra found his mother and returned him. lol.

I went by the house to vacuum, then went on to Grandma's. We ate dinner. When the Elders called, I went and met them to get the bed from the Orange Street house. We moved the beds, they went home. . . Jacob did his homework, Grandma and I started a shopping list, etc. . .went to bed.