Tennescenic

I actually fell asleep rather quickly last night and slept very well. Luke slept through the night too. Liz sort of has today and the next couple of days off, so that freed me up a bit. Liz and Luke made breakfast cookies, so that is how we started the day. Next I worked on cleaning out the garage some, then started building a gate for the back deck. It took a trip to Home Depot to get all of the supplies I needed, but finished before lunch. Luke went down for his nap fairly easily, and I took trash to the dump while he slept. After that I had a survey call with Google, and received a $75 gift card for my trouble. We were thinking to go to the nature park but it kind of started to rain, plus Luke wanted to keep playing outside at our house. So I hung a towel holder in his bathroom and prepared dinner. Liz is going over the “story of his day” with him now, and I might be the one putting him to bed. After he goes down I will go to Kroger.

I woke up and went to the house this morning, and spent a bit more time organizing and hauling trash to the storage unit, since the dump is closed on Sundays. At nine a guy, his dad (I think), and his realtor came to see the house. They stayed for nearly and hour and a half. I would say it went well. They will be in touch. I left the house and started driving home, which unfortunately didn’t go as planned. Interstate 24 was shut down (due to a carjacking/murder as I would later find out), and all traffic was routed to the exit where I was getting off. So that added about 45 minutes to the trip. Then in Wartrace the was an issue as well that held me up for a few minutes. The rain started around Shelbyville but wasn’t as bad as expected.

I arrived home as Luke was sort of falling asleep for his nap. Unfortunately he woke up about 40 minutes later in a horrible mood, which lasted a while. Once the rain stopped we went to the nature park for a nice walk. It was overcast and cool. Dinner went pretty well, as did bath time. Liz asked me to put him to bed, and that actually went great. I have just been lounging around this evening. Will try to go to bed early.

This morning Luke and I drove up to Brentwood to meet my dad at the playground next to the Library. Luke had a good time. He had a good lunch and decent nap. After Liz got off work we went for a walk at the nature park. Bed time went better than it has since he outgrew his crib.

Luke didn’t want to go to the nature park this morning so we just played in the spare room. My dad texted to say that the plumber was at my house today, which was great. Luke’s nap was a little problematic but he went down even though he ended up sleeping on the floor. We went to the nature park with Liz after she got off work this afternoon. I worked in the garage after dinner and then went to Kroger. Luke struggled at bed time. I hope he gets a good night’s sleep.

It sure was nice for Liz to have the day off. After breakfast I went outside to weedeat and mow. There was heavy dew on the ground but things went okay. I actually really like mowing and the sense of accomplishment it provides. At ten we were joined by Lillian, who we interviewed for our nanny position. She quickly developed a rapport with Luke and answered all of our questions in a satisfactory manner. At the end of the interview we offered her the job, and she accepted. So that is a huge relief. She will begin next Monday. Luke ate a good Lunch but didn’t nap at all. He stayed in his room for close to an hour before we came to get him. Then we decided to drive up to Pinkerton Park in Franklin. Of course he fell asleep on the way and the park was pretty crowded when we arrived, so we decided to drive to the playground in Spring Hill. He woke up just as we pulled in, and we played for a while. We went to Home Depot and he sat on the lawn mowers with Liz while I bought a couple of things inside. We picked up pizza at a new place in Spring Hill and took it home. It was pretty good. Luke went to bed without too much fuss, thankfully.