Well Luke and I hung out today while Liz worked. We started off reading, then played with blocks, before breaking out some homemade play dough that he and Liz made yesterday. He also helped me unload the dishwasher. His nap wasn’t great – about an hour and a quarter, but he woke up in a good mood. After Liz finished work we went on a walk at the nature park. That was very nice. Dinner was the a lentil dish from the slow cooker, the second meal I prepared in the slow cooker today. It was good. Luke was a bit lively at bedtime but went to sleep without fussing.

I woke up this morning with some stomach issues that continued from last night. Actually I woke up around 2:30 wanting to confirm that the Titans won. Then I couldn’t go back to sleep. I did go to Kroger because we had a big list. Luke helped me put the groceries away. The morning was pretty low key. Highlights included lots of reading and a FaceTime call with Liz’s parents. His one o’clock nap was a bit shorter than they have been. My parents came over just after he woke up and he had a lot of fun with them. I prepared rice and beans in the slow cooker and we had that for dinner. Later this evening I’ll drive up to the cottage.

I wanted to finish painting today but there was just a little bit of rain this morning and the threat of more this afternoon hovered. I spent most of the morning in my car at the job site waiting for the HVAC guy and the guy delivering rock for the driveway. Neither came, although both eventually communicated. At least I was able to read my diet book a bit. I went back to the cottage and cleaned and packed, then visited with Debbie next door for a little while. Then I drove down to Murfreesboro and stopped at Haynes Brothers Lumber to do a little learning. I was interested in door and windows, board and batten siding, and I-joists. No, the last product is not a new Apple device. The triple door pictured below was amazing, but they wanted $22,000 for it! Pass. I drove home and played with Luke before dinner.