Today is Liz’s birthday but unfortunately it has rained most of the day and Liz has felt a bit sick. This morning we got breakfast to go from the Dotted Lime in Columbia. Luke loved eating waffles. We played until Luke had lunch and during his failed nap attempt I returned to the Dotted Lime to pick up lunch for me and Liz. This afternoon there was a little break in the rain so we went to the playground in Spring Hill. Then it started raining again so we went to Home Depot. Luke enjoyed that. Next we went to Viking Pizza to pick up dinner. Luke didn’t want to wait until we were home to eat his, but had to. I ate all of mine and am now feeling a bit sick. Luke went to bed early due to his lack of a nap, and I’m sure Liz and I will too.

I was in no rush to get going this morning given the cold. I did after breakfast though and did a little work on the green house’s driveway. The floods really did a number on it, and I need to come up with a more permanent solution. I went to city hall and picked up the plats for our new lots. Back at the cottage I packed up then drove down to the courthouse in Jasper to have the plats recorded. I next went to the E911 office to get an official address but it was closed. I drove back up to the Mountain and had lunch at the Goat Market. On my way out of town I stopped by to see Debbie at her store.

The drive home was uneventful save for some construction just before the interstate in Manchester. Back at home Luke was napping. It was great so see him when he woke up. We played together until Liz got off work. Dinner was nice and he kept us entertained. He did great at bath and bedtimes. I went to Kroger tonight and it wasn’t fun, but I got what we needed.

Luke slept in until nearly nine this morning, which was wonderful. After breakfast we went out to enjoy the sunshine. First we decided to go downtown and see if there was much flooding. There was. We next went to the nature park and enjoyed a nice hike. We ate lunch and then Luke had quiet time. Afterwards we drove to Henry Horton but it was closed due to flooding. We instead went to the elementary school in Chapel Hill which had a nice playground. Luke especially like the gravel that was under the equipment and spent some time looking for shells. We left there and visited Ace Hardware and the “General Store” nearby. We finished up with a trip to Sonic for a little snack. I am regretting that. Dinner went well and so did bath. He got a bit rowdy at bed time but eventually went to sleep. Liz has gone to Target now.