Well, turns out that I’m one of those people. One of those people who gets up at the crack and rushes to the stores the day after Thanksgiving. Just before six I left the house and drove to Lowe’s. It was busier than expected. I had $600 in store credit from buying appliances and so I bought an air compressor, a couple of trailer jacks, and a bunch of other little stuff.

I returned to the house and then we all went to the park for a walk. Unfortunately the tires on Luke’s stroller were out of air, so he was carried a lot and also did some walking. He didn’t mind though, and picked up lots of sticks along the way.

After the walk my father-in-law and I drove up to the Mountain. We stopped for lunch in Lynchburg, which was disgusting. We saw my parents and sister at the cottage then drove by my house project. We also visited a couple of nearby tiny house developments before going to Lowe’s in Tullahoma to get a couple of headlamps and replacement thermostats for the water heater. We arrived home in time for dinner. Luke was wearing a new outfit that my mother got him.

Luke is still a little congested, but doesn’t seem to be feeling bad. We did lots of reading this morning. After lunch we went to the playground in Spring Hill. There were a number of kids there in the beginning but eventually most of them left. There was one little boy about four months older than Luke and they interacted a lot while Liz and I chatted with his grandfather. It was really fun to see Luke playing with another kid. It ended up being a lovely day outside after a couple of gross rainy days.

I cooked a couple of dishes in the slow cooker today – sweet potato chili and potato chickpea curry. Both are recipes that we’ve had before and really enjoyed. This evening I’ll head up the Mountain in order to get an early start tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be very nice tomorrow and I want to take advantage. They are now saying that Tuesday should be nice too. Rain Wednesday. So hopefully I can get a lot done before Thanksgiving.

It was raining this morning. I hauled the tools to the storage unit then went to the office and paid my bill. I chatted with my dad for a bit. He spent last night at the cottage. I went next door to see if Debbie was around, but she wasn’t. I took a somewhat new route home this afternoon. My mother was there looking after Luke, who is a little sick. I went to Kroger then spent the rest of the afternoon playing with him.