Wednesday: reading

After school and biking, Joshua read for 15 minutes.  Then Isaac said he was done with his daily chores and could read for 15 minutes.  Then Joshua decided he had enough time, so he read for another 15 minutes.

I came to the realization that I might be the person in this family that reads the least.  I'm not sure whether I should be happy or sad about that.  (Although sometimes Joshua and I might switch.  I think we're often close.)

Isaac just started the Bobiverse series and it has piqued his interest.

Tuesday: Triangle Day!

I didn't even think about the date until I heard about it on the radio.  It's 9.16.25.  Yay for Pythagoras!

Monday: getting things done

I got a lot of things done today!  I guess most of them were pretty short, but they needed to be done nevertheless.

I had coffee with Pat and we took a short walk; it was nice.

Karate was ok.  There was a twenty minute karate discussion in the middle.  It was on-topic, but I wasn't exercising during that time.

Sunday: forbiddens

 Last night we played Forbidden Desert.  We lost to the game, spectacularly.  We have a rule in the house that the winner needs to put the game away, so it got left on the table to put itself away.

Surprise surprise, it didn't put itself away.  On top of that, more forbidden games showed up.

Since it was out, we decided to get rid of Forbidden Sky.  I think we played it all of twice, once when we massively cheated and one when we turned into ghosts but still didn't win.

Friday: rock show

We went to the rock show today.  Joshua got an amazing geode.  They break them open for you, so you don't know what it will look like ahead of time.  Usually they're pretty solid because they're cheap, but nice and sparkly.  This time Joshua's geode had a hole inside, like the cool ones have.

As we were leaving there was a pool of rocks with a sign that said "Free! Pick a rock!"  Isaac had chosen several, and when I mentioned it was only one rock he said, in the saddest voice, "oh, I guess the sign does say only one."

Joshua and I went on a bike ride when we got home.  We didn't really want to, but the weather was perfect.  It ended up being quite enjoyable.  (We dropped off an overdue book at the library.  It's nice when there is a place to go.)

Thursday: normal

Really, it was a pretty normal day.  So let's talk about Joshua's lovies, as they all have personalities.

Grey Bear
Grey Bear is the oldest of the group, and the one who loves the most.  He is a kind soul.  He loves napping with people and going out of the house.  He's rather sad that he doesn't get to go everywhere with Joshua anymore, so especially enjoys going on vacations.  He also has a friend that is a zebra.

There were several other lovies who had been part of the core group who are now just in Joshua's bed and only come out once in a while.

Creeper
Creeper is the next oldest, but he isn't very old - about three years.  Creeper really likes explosions and anything that is even explosion-like.  He also is the grump of the group and tends to hold opinions that are opposite those of everyone else.  That being said, he is still a nice Creeper and sometimes is unexpectedly nice.

Catcachino
Catcachino is only about a year old.  He likes drinks.  Apple juice, spice tea, milk, water, he loves them all.

Snaxalotl
Snaxalotl showed up about a month after Catcachino.  He likes snacks!  Joshua only lets him have two per day.  He also has a snack shop where he can get pretty much any snack he wants.  However, he often has whatever treats we have that day tend to be the treats he gets too.  He likes to go outside and swim, but not as much as Grey Bear.  He has a pool that he can swim in too.

Catnana
Catnana likes bananas.  Since he's only been with us a short time his personality is still developing though.

Wednesday: exercise

I knew there were plans for quite a bit of exercise today, but I didn't really add it all up.

1) I biked to lunch with a friend.  Honestly, I had forgotten about the lunch and looked at my phone eight minutes before we were supposed to meet.  The restaurant is close, but there's a ton of construction and the fast way through is often closed.  I had been planning on biking (partially because the short way is closed for cars, partly because the restaurant isn't that far), but I went a bit faster than normal. 

2) Joshua and I biked to the library, taking the long way around.  It was actually pretty close to the amount of time I wanted to bike for his exercise, so that was nice.  I have been enjoying biking around with him lately.

3) I went to karate.  As with every new year, the schedule changes.  This year karate needs to be Monday and Wednesday to help drive on Tuesday and Thursday.  We worked on forms; they are my favorite.

4) Normal household chores.  Between groceries, laundry, and feeding the compost worms, I carried things all over.  I didn't get an amazing amount done, but I was happy with what I got done.