Tackling Friday, 5/17

[TheReader]

Getting us going...

[TheReader]

Good morning, all!

My part of Houston was unscathed, more or less; still reading up on all the damage around town. As far as I can tell, everyone near & dear to me is safe & unaffected. Oldest lost power at camp but it came back before bed; today if the weather holds for them, they have lifeguard training. 

So, my list today:
...coffee
...work on sewing stuff
...maybe some tidying, but it's mostly DH's mess, so....? 
...take DS to buy flowers for his GF
...(probably) drive them for their "not-Prom" date this evening
...come home, veg out

I'm sure there will be other stuff in there, but not sure what....DH is out all day, and then ended up telling a fencing friend that yes, sure, he'd go down to a different fencing club w/him tonight, which means I'm on my own for the driving/date night tonight. Fun times. Well, unless I convince Middle to come with me. We'll see....

Have a great day, everyone!

[HomeAgain]

Good morning!  I'm glad the storms didn't affect you much, @TheReader.  The aftermath looks scary.

On the list today:

• coffee
• take the trash to the dump
• grocery shopping
• fold the laundry
• deep clean my car
• move a trampoline?

Short story time!  Last night we were sitting down to dinner when dh said, "whoa!  Look at that cat on our patio!"  And I glanced out the back door to see the most beautiful, large, leopard print bengal cat staring at me from my steps. And then it struck me that I had seen this cat before!  There have been lost cat pictures circulating around town and this one was just striking enough to remember.  So I threw him a piece of turkey, pulled up the photo and texted his owners before opening a can of tuna to help keep him around.  The sweet kitty wasn't interested in getting anywhere near people and took off into my woods.  It took the owners two hours to find him, but he's back safe and sound now!

So what does that have to do with the trampoline?  The owners turned out to be the people who moved into ds's friend's old house.  The friend left the trampoline.  All the kids in the neighborhood have been eying it, the cat owner doesn't want it, and he offered it up to ds once we had all made our introductions (after kitty was found).  Now to figure out how to move this thing 2 football fields down the road.

[ScoutTN]

Good morning.
Raining here, blah!

Ds slept for 15 hours straight! He ate some b’fast and is at school. 

I am headed to PT.

Later:
Call mom. ✔️ 
Williams-Sonoma ✔️ 
Trader Joe’s ✔️ 
Shower ✔️ 
Ds from school to practice ✔️ 
Out to dinner with Dh ✔️ 
 

Edited May 18 by ScoutTN

[mom31257]

@TheReader, so glad you are okay!! 

@HomeAgain, that's a neat story! I'm glad you found their cat and how cool to get a trampoline out of it. 

I slept in this morning. 

I posted last night that my student contacted me about sending him his high school diploma/transcript and asking me to keep it between us. In Georgia, his dad has to issue the diploma and sign the transcript. I am praying about how to respond. I would love to keep communication open with him, but I have to let his dad know he contacted me. 

I don't have any real plans today. I need to make a list of things to get done this summer. I don't want it to get away from me and I regret not doing more. 

 

[history-fan]

Good Morning

@TheReaderglad you all are good

@HomeAgaingood cat rescue 

@mom31257hope you find the response you’re looking for. Great new photo

will post more later

[ScoutTN]

Next up:
lunch ✔️ 
electronic chores ✔️ 

In line to pick up Ds and a teammate to take them to practice.

Edited May 17 by ScoutTN

[TheReader]

battling a headache, so took a long nap

feeling some better, but have gotten nothing done

need to take DS to buy flowers for his date tonight

[math teacher]

Home from school early-yay!! Plans for the rest of the day:

cook

clean bathrooms-done

weed in flower bed-done

laundry-done

water plants-done

dust

whatever else gets done!!

Edited May 17 by math teacher
update

[TheReader]

skipping the sewing and looking at/working on some curriculum stuff instead for next year's 3rd grader

got the flowers, have a couple of hours, but too post-headachey to try and sew details right now, and the curriculum arrived a day early, so....

[SKL]

Struggling to prioritize the many things I have to do today.  Meaning, it's not getting done.  But it will.

[HomeAgain]

Dump run and grocery shopping done. I nearly bought a bad chayote and only caught the decay when I set it on the belt.  So, no chayote salad tonight.

Dh and I cleaned out the cup cabinet.  It was long overdue, and I have several glasses and mugs that will be going to the thrift store.  We boxed a few up that we want to save (like one ds made several years ago) and I now have half an entire cabinet empty.

I did not do the laundry.  A lot of reasons, but mostly that I am an introvert and when ds's gf gets loud and drops all the things and just makes a lot of noise in general I do not like being around that.  I'll do laundry tomorrow when they're gone.

[SKL]

Also it's my mom's 80th birthday.  I had better not forget to call.

[history-fan]

While driving around doing errands saw a dog running in street not too busy of a road. Dog came over when I pulled to a stop, I had a leash and treats but it ran off. It did have a collar and tag, kept following it for about a mile and saw it run down a driveway- so it made it home. 
 

laundry going

amazon returns done

dishes done

clean LR carpet

[ScoutTN]

35 minutes ago, SKL said:

Also it's my mom's 80th birthday.  I had better not forget to call.

Yes! 80 is a big one!

[ScoutTN]

Gonna check in with a neighbor, then rest a bit. My ribs are sore from coughing. Still have this darn chest congestion. 

Edited May 17 by ScoutTN

[TheReader]

still mildly headachey.  :sigh: This would not be terrible, except that DH is going off fencing with a friend, to a different fencing club, instead of being my partner for this date-night driving (that he offered to do), so I am driving DS and GF around.

*they both do have licenses; DS doesn't feel comfortable driving, so usually GF drives, but tonight is supposed to have more rain again this evening, possibly heavy, so her parents wanted them to postpone if it was raining - we said we could drive instead, so they don't have to postpone. Then the fencing thing came up. 

anyway, taking some more headache stuff and then heading out shortly - need to pack my "hanging out doing nothing' bag for waiting on them

[mom31257]

@SKL, happy birthday to your mom!

@TheReader, I hope you feel better and enjoy being out with them. 

I watched an episode of Vikings.

I ironed a dress shirt and pants for ds. He is going to a wedding this weekend. 

I took a nap. 

Dh has graduation tonight, and he wants me to drop him off and pick him up from it because parking is crazy. He didn't want to eat dinner before going, so I'll make it after I get back and he'll eat when he gets home. 

 

[SKL]

Called mom for her birthday.  I almost forgot so many times today.  I already gave her her card / gift last Sunday.

Some of my siblings are there today, so she's got plenty of company.

[ScoutTN]

Dinner out was meh. Food and vibe both left something to be desired. 

Happy to be home, in my jammies, relaxing.  Enjoying my book. 

[TheReader]

So, I'm so glad we each did what we did this evening, me and DH. 

Our fencing friend, who is the reason DH went off on his own, thanked him afterwards for coming -- said he had really wanted to go over there, but not on his own, and it meant a lot to him that DH went. So, that was good. 

The kids did run into rain, so was good I was driving them. And I got lots of planning done for my 3rd grade student next year, and got to hear all of DS's "prom night" stories afterwards in the car on the way home. His GF thanked me for driving them, and everything we do for them, too, which was  nice as well. 

Now winding down/going to bed.