I woke up this morning, and my hint of a sinus infection yesterday had turned into full-blown hay-fever and there-is-an-animal-living-in-my-face sinus infection. My eyes were on fire and I had congestion, runny nose, sneezing etc. I used my allergy medication (including eye-drops) and neti pot (Lily got me hooked on those for when I’m sick), and I took it verrrry easy today. Lily was a total super-hero, fixing meals for the kids, doing music lessons, got in her workout, doing house projects, cleaning etc. I chipped in here and there, but mostly I felt very lethargic and rested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did get Clarissa this morning. She ate multiple bowls of what she still calls, “Rice Christmas Trees.” She was calling them Rice Crispies by her last refill so maybe she finally learned, haha, which if true, I’m sad about it because I love hearing her call them, “Rice Christmas Trees”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around 11:00, my sprinkler repair man came. It’s hard to express my joy at seeing him. His name is Nate and his boss is Brett. I’ve been texting with Brett for five weeks to get Nate over to fix them, but they have been very slammed. I finally scheduled with someone else and then told Brett, and that seemed to get their attention because Nate came with in a day of me telling Brett I would go with someone else if Nate didn’t come soon. The long story short is that there is an underground commonwire that isn’t working an entire box of circuitry (3 stations) is not working. Nate will need to run a new common-wire all along the back of the house to the sprinkler control panel, but he will do it in a way that is not too noticeable. I spent time with Nate outside helping him test stations and discussing the situation with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, I had miso soup and Lily fed everyone and ate with me. I was feeling very tired and had a long nap after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After waking up, I still felt very sluggish, but I did manage to do a few things around the house including getting out all of the children’s American Girl doll toys that have been in storage for a long time. Lily said it is the perfect time of their lives for them to be playing with the dolls and I agree. Lily was incredible. She did Lydia’s music with her. She organized all the dolls. She arranged for dinner. She also played a lot with the children. She’s been working so hard to organize the house so the children have good places to play, but she made it a point to interrupt her organizing if a child asked her to play so she could play with that child. It was such a beautiful site to see how much time she spent with the children today. Honestly, it was inspiring to me and reminded me of the type of dad I want to be more. Also Lily did the children’s night routine. She had so much energy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was feeling very tired, but I did walk around the block with Georgia who was not feeling well, but wanted to get her exercise. I loved talking with her. She has such a sweet and pure soul and is always talking about things she feels grateful for and God. She is a lovely person. She has had a lot of adversity with her health, but she bears it with incredible grace and resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At night, Lily and I did more organizing and Lily went on a walk with Lydia. I got our smart plug working, which is so cool. Now that I’m done blogging, I can say, “Alexa, turn off plug” to make my bed lamp go off :).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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