Good afternoon, my friends. I have not posted in a while but I continue to pray for all. It seems like many of us are in need of prayers now
I've continued to have some random dizzy spells - not full-on vertigo like I did a few weeks ago, but every once in a while everything just *tilts*. It's frustrating.
DH was stressing me out last week. Our 14-year-old cat was recently diagnosed as hyperthyroid - apparently very common in older cats - our other cat had it for 5 years before her kidneys failed and she passed. Since we know Dio won't take a pill, we've opted to get his thyroid radiated. He had his "pre-op" appointment last Monday, but they couldn't get urine from him, so we had to try to get it at home. We spent several days trying to get him to go on the little tiny bit of special litter they gave us, but he held it for a day and a half before he finally gave in. So DH was getting worked up, which in turn makes me nervous...
Keeping Josh occupied as well. On Monday, the rain finally let up enough to have the library's Storytime in the Park. Tuesday was quiet until we went for gymnastics. Wednesday, we went to the $1.50 movie - they showed Dora and the Lost City of Gold, which we'd seen at the library a few years ago; actually a pretty good movie, reminiscent of The Goonies and a little National Treasure - and then in the evening, the recreation department's free show was The Magic of Christopher. (The people that do these shows are great! When the show is over, they come down from the stage and let the kids ask questions, take photos...Christopher made balloon animals; Josh had him make a cheetah, which was too nice to hide in his bedroom, so it's on our mantel now
). Thursday morning was the school-age storytime on the library's front lawn. Josh discovered that one of the little girls from his kindergarten class, Sophia, was there with her sisters. After storytime, they ran around for a while on the playground. Josh later told me that Sophia told him that he's cute
I am not prepared for this. Friday morning, we went back to the library for the Monster Circus Puppet Show outside. (Yes, Sophia was there again, and I caught her watching Josh numerous times...) This was a different type of puppet show, as it wasn't "dolls-on-strings" or Muppet-type puppets with your hand inside. It was this (I don't quite know how to explain it):
Magnificent Monster Circus
Come one, come all, to a circus like no other! Encounter magnificent creatures from the wilds of your imagination as their quirky human caretaker tries to teach them new tricks. Kids can lend a hand to Eustice the Unicycling Unimonster, make friends with a Fiery Fanged Worm, cheer for Agnes the many-legged Acropod, and more! This colorful, silly, multi-sensory show full of friendly monsters is a perfect match for young audiences.
Show length- 40 min. plus Q&A after the show.
Magnificent Monster Circus can be performed indoors or outdoors, and is available in person or virtually.
This was another one where the performer, John, invited the kids to come up afterward and ask questions, look at the puppets, take photos, etc. Then Josh and Sophia played on the playground for a bit.
The library is also doing a town-wide scavenger hunt like they did last year, and it started this week. This year's theme is "Tales and Tails." When you find the sign, you have to identify the animal tail that's on the back. I was/am pretty confident on where things are, so during the week, if we were going somewhere that passed by a possible location, my mom would stop so we could check it out. Today we spent the morning driving around all the other places and found all but 2 of them! One, I'm more than certain that it's the ice cream place up the road from our house, so we'll stop for ice cream one night this week and get our clue. The last one says outright that's in a community garden. Well, there are 6 in town; we looked in 5 and didn't find a sign. I was wrong about the location of the last possibility - and of course, while looking for a different one, we drove right past where it most likely is! If tomorrow's Storytime in the Park is still on, we'll be relatively close by, so we'll stop there when we leave.
We've made plans to visit a nearby splash park with friends on Tuesday. If it ends up as hot as predicted, I might have to put on my bathing suit as well and get in there, too!
for the family drama, and for the loss of your sister's ex FIL. 
