This morning I drove Liz and Luke to High Hopes. We met his preschool teacher and saw her classroom. He liked it but started crying when his therapist came for him. Liz and I chatted with his teacher a little more then went to Publix for a few things. Luke was in a good mood when he was done with speech, especially once we gave him some animal crackers. Back at the house I said goodbye to everybody and hit the road. I drove to Manchester and stopped at the bank to update my address and get a new debit card. Their printer was broken so they will mail the card to me. Next I went to Walmart but they didn’t have the printer I was looking for. My final stop before the Mountain was the market in Pelham where I got some lunch. In Monteagle I went to the lumberyard to pay my bill before going to the cottage. I did some paperwork and computer work and then went to the Goat Market for a while. I chatted with Eric and a few other people and then decided to go on a hike. I drove out Jumpoff Road to the state forest, and a couple of miles down a gravel road later I was at the trailhead. It was a nice 2.8 mile loop with a couple of pretty overlooks. Upon returning to the cottage I have just been messing around on my phone.

Luke got us all up pretty early this morning. After breakfast we went to Tractor Supply to pick up some tires, then Kroger for groceries. After unloading everything we drove up to the playground in Spring Hill for a bit. We went home for lunch and then everybody took a nice long nap. For me it was great and should allow me to make the drive up to the Mountain tonight without being too sleepy. After nap we went to the nature park and brought Luke’s tricycle for the first time. He loved riding it and collecting red, orange, and yellow leaves. We had a late dinner and now Liz and Luke are playing before starting the bath. After Luke goes to bed I’ll drive to Monteagle.

I stayed up pretty late reading last night and so slept until nearly seven. I went to the green house and put down some grass seed and straw around where we had excavated. Dillon came with a load of gravel a little later and we talked for a while. I spread some of it at the green house and then talked with Jerah a bit. It was nearly noon by the time I was done with all that. Back at the cottage I cleaned up and hit the road. My first stop was the window place in Winchester where I ordered replacement sashes. Next I stopped at Sonic in Tullahoma for a gross lunch. I went to Lowe’s for a cement mixer, then finally the cabinet place in Shelbyville to pay for my cabinets. I got home about 3:30 and played with Luke until dinner. He ate a good dinner and did well at bath and bed time.