Hopefully I can make this short, because I’m really really tired, and I’m going to spend most of my few precious spare moments reading Radical Acceptance again.

With Jen out of town, Anna and I were on our own again. Today, we

1. Got up and had breakfast. Anna had awakened at 5:45am, and though I sent her back to bed, I don’t think she actually slept.
2. Cleaned the kitchen. One day I aspire to fit all the dishes in a single load. Generally, so many have stacked up, that they require more than one run of the dishwasher.
3. Hustled off to gymnastics class. Anna did well, but avoided the male teacher. Anna’s friend K. is in the class, so I enjoyed talking with her mom, M.
4. Went directly from gymnastics to Oggi’s to watch some of the Michigan-San Diego state game, which we barely won. Not looking good for the Big Ten opener next week.
5. Came home and cleaned kitchen some more, plus did laundry.
6. Attempted to get Anna to nap, unsuccessfully. Tomorrow I have to try to put her down earlier.
7. Took Anna’s monthly picture. It came out quite nicely; I’m starting to get the hang of shooting portraits with just the single strobe.
8. Took Anna out in the backyard, while I worked on her swingset some more. I reinforced the floor of the fort, to the point that I feel comfortable jumping up and down on it. Also, I raised the a-frame and top beam for the swingset. Now I just need to get a long enough drill bit so that I can install the swing mounts. Anna and I will probably be making a trip to Home Depot tomorrow. Also, I figured out how I’m going to do the benches of the under-fort table.
9. Fixed dinner (steak for me, macaroni for her), which Anna and I ate while sitting in the fort. After dinner, Anna climbed up the slide, then reached for my hand, missed it, and slid down the slide backwards. She thought this was quite funny and repeated it approximately 800 times.
10. Put Anna in the bath; she managed to get pretty much filthy today, and I really don’t know how, because I gave her a bath last night as well.
11. Put Anna to bed. She cooperated amazingly well, and I think she’s really looking forward to tomorrow, between the fort/swings and a possible visit to Kidsville.
12. Cleaned kitchen, had snack, took shower.

Now I have a couple minutes for me. A little reading, and hopefully a lot of rest.