Today
We’re combining a visit to my father and stepmother with picking up a table and chairs from them. They are replacing an old but very nice set, and we’ve been using a folding camping table, literally made of cardboard and aluminum, and wooden folding chairs. And that only started because in this apartment we had the room for it and we wanted to teach Sadie about eating at the table, once she was approaching not needing the highchair. A side benefit will be making it safer for Sadie, and perhaps transitioning her out of the booster seat. She likes to sit on the back of the booster seat, and went from there to sitting on the back of the chair, just begging to go flying across the kitchen. The new chairs will make that impossible.
Later I’ll probably mow the lawn. My understanding was we were all supposed to share keeping up the yard, so I asked the neighbor downstairs about there being a mower and what the deal was. She was surprised I was asking, as pretty much they’re used to doing it all. They bought a new mower last year, which she showed me, and we walked all around the yard and she pointed out this and that, and even which room they used for what on the first floor. Turns out her husband, who is handicapped, uses the room under Sadie’s as an office and works from home. I’d assumed he was simply disabled and hanging out. She warned me about the mulberry tree above where I park the truck, and pointed out I might want to put it on the other side of the Sentra. The landlord mentioned that too, because in effect that was the extra spot I might be able to get away with having a third car in, even though officially we get two spaces. The mulberry droppings were the caveat. What I’ll need to do is get some of my tools out of storage, so I can do some pruning and stuff as well.
Anyway, that was fun, especially the part about shocking them. It makes them feel good about having gotten the driveway plowed all winter.
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