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This morning Luke and I went up to High Hopes. I dropped him off and went to get Liz’s oil changed and also went by Aldi. He kind of flipped out but I think it is good for him to do some things by himself. His therapist said that once he calmed down he did really well. After therapy we went to Pinkerton Park and met my parents. Unfortunately it was rather cold and windy, but Luke still had fun. In an effort to warm up we all went to Sprouts grocery store just down the road. It is a nice place and I bought several things. Upon saying our goodbyes to my parents we drove home. Luke fell asleep on the way and was in a daze when we got home. We had lunch and attempted a nap. That did not go well at all he raged and threw up, then raged some more and made a mess of his room. Finally I gave up. We played until Liz got off work, and then I did a bunch of work on the computer until dinner time. We ate pretty quickly and he had an early bed time. I went on a brief exercise bike ride and spent the rest of the evening looking at trucks and trailers online.

This morning while Liz and Luke were eating breakfast I went to Kroger. It was nice that not many people were there, but less nice that I had to use the self checkout. They had almost everything on my list though. Luke enjoyed helping put the groceries away when I returned. While he and Liz went outside I built some more bird feeders and made hangers out of some little electric fence posts that I got at TSC yesterday. Unfortunately the feeders were way too heavy so I made some lightweight suet cages and hung them instead. I tried to nap this afternoon but was just able to lay in bed for a couple of hours. After dinner I did another exercise bike workout and finished The Expendables 3. This was the first time I used my heart rate monitor, which will be useful for tracking my workouts.

Luke and I drove up to High Hopes this morning and he did really well at speech therapy. From there we drove to Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill and met my parents, who were driving back from Monteagle. We had a lot of fun at the really nice playground there. Luke enjoyed the slides and collecting gumballs. We drove home for lunch and after a struggle he took a nice nap. We played until Liz got off work. This evening I went on another exercise bike ride, then started watching The Expendables 3 on Amazon Prime.

This morning after breakfast Luke and I went to the playground up in Spring Hill. There were only two other kids when we arrived, but upon leaving an hour and a half later there were lots. Luke had a great time and didn’t want to leave. We only left because he went exploring around the park and he tripped in a big puddle, soaking himself. After lunch he took a decent nap, and once he woke up we played until Liz got off work. I worked on the computer on some house stuff until dinner time. Now he is getting his bath and I will go ride the exercise bike again. I have 42 minutes of The Expendables 2 left, and will try to finish tonight.

This morning I went to Kroger. It was my first time out of the house in a week. Our road was still a mess but Bear Creek and Nashville Highway were fine. The store was restocking but most of what we needed was there. A little later we all drove up to Nashville to celebrate Lauren’s birthday. We played in the back yard and ate pizza. We drove for a couple of hours to get home so that Luke could get in a good nap. At home we unboxed and played with a delayed Christmas present from my parents – building blocks. They were a bit slow in assembly, but Luke enjoyed them. This evening I rode my exercise bike and watched the first 30 minutes of The Expendables 2. That was pretty entertaining and it felt good to get some exercise.