After the recent flooding, I have come to appreciate a pretty weekend when it doesn’t rain. Being sick mars the whole deal. I have been hoping I would just work through this bad cold, but it has gotten worse, despite my vigilant water and vitamin consumption.
Alesia had her first SAT prep class yesterday, at her school. She will take the SAT in December, so I wanted her to be prepared. She will probably take it again next year, but it’s good for her to know the kinds of things they ask, and where she has gaps.
She was a bit groggy yesterday morning because she hadn’t had much sleep. Friday night she went out with DN, the boyfriend. They went to see the ghost movie, Paranormal Activity. She was not wild about the movie. She went back to DN’s house after the movie and they had a chance to talk and get to know each other a bit better.
Yesterday, she wanted to get together with him again, after we had made our Kroger run. Mother and I told her she should suggest some activity that was free. So they played tennis, and then came here for dinner, at my invitation. I was glad to get a chance to talk to DN, and I also met his dad, although he didn’t stay for dinner. The parents are divorced.
Alesia was not happy with me yesterday afternoon when she was running around getting ready for tennis. She didn’t want to wear tennis shoes. I fussed at her and reminded her you can’t wear just any shoes to a tennis court, you have to wear actual tennis shoes. Finally, she wore her high tops. She muttered “I wish I hadn’t said I would even play tennis!” They played at the court at DN’s condo. I talked to her afterwards on the phone and asked her how it went and her reply was “It was FANTASTIC! We had SO much FUN!” That made me chuckle. As Mother said later, she is crazy about this boy and that makes everything fun.
DN could probably suggest staring at pavement for two hours and she would go along enthusiastically. Ah, to be young…
Michael is not adjusting well to the loss of Alesia’s attention. He got asked to go to dinner and hang out with his friend Colton last night, but before that, when it looked like he would be here with us and DN, he grumped. He said to me, “What are we going to talk about it dinner?!?” I replied something like “We’ll just have a nice conversation?” and he shot back with “I’m going to talk about everything embarrassing about Alesia that I can think of!”
I told him in no uncertain terms he WOULD be nice, or suffer a consequence. Fortunately, we didn’t have to deal with it.
We tried to read Harry Potter last night before bed but my poor voice is going. We stopped after a short time. Michael said “That’s painful to hear!” Of course, he can read the book on his own, but it’s more fun when I read to him, and it’s something I enjoy. I need to get to the doctor and get some drugs, I’m afraid…
Altogether and exhausting day for me, but both kids had fun. Today my plan is to do laundry but otherwise REST. We might take a ride and enjoy the fall scenery - the leaves are gorgeous here right now.




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