We left the house about 6:45 this morning. The drive was uneventful, with a couple of gas stops and lunch in Carmel, Indiana. We arrived at Liz’s parents’ house a little after seven. Everybody was glad to get there and we had dinner before the bed time routine.
Last night Liz and her brothers got an email from her dad with an update on his health. It was not great. He has some sort of cancer and starts treatment next week, and won’t really be able to receive visitors for six months or so. So tomorrow morning we will drive up to Michigan and visit for a week. This morning I went to the lumberyard first thing, then drove home. I wanted to surprise Liz and Luke, but apparently I missed them by just a couple of minutes as they headed up to Nashville. So I mowed the back field and went to Kroger for some trip food. They returned home and we had lunch, then Luke took a short nap. We went to the Dotted Lime to get Liz some coffee, then dropped of her guitar at the shop to get restrung, and walked at Riverside while we waited. Back home we had dinner and did the normal bed time routine. It didn’t take Luke too long to fall asleep.
This morning we went to Home Depot and Kroger, the latter of which was a mess, but we did get everything we needed. Luke didn’t have much of a nap, and we went to the downtown playground afterwards. We also walked around the square before doing a little scenic driving. Luke went to bed pretty early and without much fuss this evening. After chatting with Liz for a bit I drove up to the Mountain.
Luke slept in a little this morning, which was nice for everybody. We got breakfast at the Dotted Lime and took it to the park by the farmers market to eat. After dining we went to the market for a few things. Luke was in a great mood and enjoyed seeing everybody. After dropping off our bounty at home and a quick video chat with my parents we went to Yanahli Park to hike on their new trail. It was really nice and featured a small pond, which Luke thought was great. Fortunately it wasn’t too hot out. We had a late lunch and Luke had an even later nap. Upon waking we took trash to the dump, which he thought was pretty awesome. I then mowed the back field for a bit until dinner time. There wasn’t much to clean up afterwards and now Liz is giving him a bath. I will do bed time, which might be challenging since he doesn’t seem at all tired.
As has been the case most mornings this week, I was in no hurry to get out of bed this morning. I eventually did though, and after stopping at the lumberyard, worked at the job site for several hours. I returned to the cottage to shower, pack, and clean, then went next door to chat with Debbie for a few minutes. I drove down to Chapel Hill and picked up my last bundle of tongue and groove lumber before arriving home. Luke was waiting for me and we played until dinner time. Now Liz is putting him to bed.
