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.
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.
Joshua came down to the basement for questions, and then, as normal, chose two lovies to also get questions. Grey Bear was second, and his bad part was that he really wanted to be a parachute. (He was just looking extra parachute-y and he loves going outside, but rarely gets to anymore.) Joshua and Ben both laughed, but I was a bit surprised about it...it wasn't that amazing of a bad part. It turns out that they had just had a similar discussion after books about Catachino using Grey Bear as a parachute. I promise I did not hear that discussion and it was total coinedence.
Ten minutes later Isaac came down to discuss plans and he only had one slipper on. "I couldn't find the other," he said. (It was found in the laundry the next morning.)
Creeper was required to be part of nap pile today. He was not amused.
I got through a bunch of chores today, although I'll also be honest that a lot of them were less than five minutes. I know that per all the advice I'm just supposed to do the chores that are only a few minutes, but that just doesn't work. But, it sure is a lot of fun to check the items off.
We played a bit more of the D&D campaign today. Isaac made a fun cave.
We're also watching the live action Lilo & Stitch with meals, and Joshua commented that Creeper is a lot like Stitch. So today's bad ...and good!...parts were that Joshua made that comment. Creeper has complicated emotions. A few days ago Creeper's bad part was nap pile, but Joshua had thoughtfully put him on the couch so that he didn't have to join nap pile. It turns out that Creeper hates nap pile so much that he doesn't want others having nap pile either. But his good part was also nap pile, as he was really glad he didn't have to join.
It was a normal and not normal Saturday. Ben and I didn't have any plans, but Joshua ended up spending the afternoon with a friend and Isaac has a pool party in the evening.
