We started off the morning with a video chat with my parents, who are still in France. After that we went to the farmers market, returned home, then went to the “farmers market” at Henry Horton. I use the quotation marks because in reality it was more like a lame flea market. At least we were able to go to the playground afterwards. After lunch we just hung around the house. Luke went to bed early and I drove to Kroger for a few things. I will try to go to bed early myself.
It ended up being a pretty productive day. I got the grass mowed and even weedeated (weedate?) for the first time in ages. I was able to get the landscape truck hauled to the mechanic and it only cost $55. I did have to go spend nearly $200 for a new battery though. I next went by a new equipment rental place to see what they had. The afternoon I spent cutting grass and doing some organizing in the garage. This evening we just hung around the house.
I slept pretty well last night due to being exhausted from yesterday’s drive. Liz and I drove Luke to school, which was just a little difficult. He did well most of the drive until it was time to get out, then he cried a bit. I myself was ready to cry a little later when I was at the DMV updating my driver’s license. I guess it could have been worse, but it was still frustrating. I then went to the mechanic, Kroger, and gas station, and the vet’s. I messed around on the computer a bit before taking a very indirect route up to High Hopes to pick up Luke. He was very happy to see me and talked the whole way home. We read a new book from Miss Dolly when we got home, then everybody went to Yanahli park, although the mosquitos were so bad that we returned home almost immediately. I had made dinner in the slow cooker so we ate that. Liz bathed Luke and started the bed time routine and I came in and finished it. He wasn’t tired and wanted to talk for a long time but he eventually went to sleep. I am about to go to bed now too.
As expected, we didn’t get on the road until fairly late, almost ten to be exact. The morning was spent eating breakfast, packing, and saying goodbye. The drive was pretty simple other than a couple rounds of heavy rain. We had lunch at Panera in South Bend, made a gas stop, and stopped to use the bathroom a couple of times. Luke enjoyed himself and did really well considering the length of the drive. Sunset was quite pretty. We had stopped for “dinner” at a rest area in Kentucky when I took the picture below. Once home I unloaded the car and Liz bathed Luke and put him to bed. I will go to bed soon myself, as I am exhausted.
This morning after breakfast John and I worked on repairing some wood fencing. That pretty much lasted until lunch. Luke napped after lunch and John and I did more work outside. For dinner John and I picked us up some pizza in town, which we ate in the back yard. We stayed out until dark and I saw the most amazing meteor I have ever seen. Tomorrow morning we leave but there are a lot of things to do before we go.
