This was our day of nothings. We basically did “nothing”, we just hung around the neighborhood all day. It rained off & on, moreso later in the day. The frogs are clicking loudly, very loudly, outside right now. They are happy with all the rainfall.
This morning C. had a moody breakdown where he was refusing to take a shower. Last night we made a “deal” where he agreed to take one this morning. This morning, we agreed he would do nothing with friends until he took one. His friends came to the door & he wanted to be on the computer, so he let them go. They came back later, he still hadn’t taken one, & he started complaining loudly, “What difference does it make, when we’re gonna play in the woods anyway and get dirty?” I noticed he slept in late (to 9:45) and then fell asleep again in front of the tv. He was VERY tired today. Might be a lack of having 1 medication, might be the drive here + swimming the past 2 days. A lot of changes & getting used to a new household, plus missing his parents. In any case, he still had to take a shower before going out, which he finally did. I am 99% sure I heard him on the phone with his mom & her voice calmed him down & convinced him to take the necessary shower. Going out at about 4pm, he found that his buddy was grounded & couldn’t play.
We then took a late afternoon swim, in the midst of a very light sprinkling of rain. About an hour at the most & he was done. A couple older boys we know in the neighborhood come around calling for R. now also. They walk the neighborhood and talk, go swimming in the pool, then separate.
I went out to the local library, getting a couple movies and books C. can read when he is upstairs on the couch. Our other big accomplishment was sending their mom a b-day card — mission accomplished!
When Grandpa came home from work, we had some pizza and corn on the cob. Later tonight, we made strawberry pancakes. They have eaten a package of baby carrots and a bag of apples in one day. We took a late walk around the neighborhood where C. showed me where his other buddy lives, then I walked further around the pond — with an umbrella. The pond was alive with loud frog singing which I still hear tonight, through the thin walls & loose-fitting doors of our house.
C. spent hours on my computer, playing “Small Worlds”. One life lesson today is that he got royally ripped off, when some stranger made a “deal” with him. C. gave away 2000 game points and gained access to an e-mail account that supposedly held riches, but turned out to be a banned e-mail account. He lost all his wealth in the deal. He felt truly cheated. I had him report the abuser to the game, but so far, he is not banned from the game.
Grandpa got back up to eat pancakes with us, we watched some comedy channel, one crime show, Jon Stewart & Colbert. He is now back in bed & gets up in less than 3 hours to go to work again.
Plans for tomorrow include a possible trip to my campus to pick up a book I ordered on Black family history at my college library; and for R. to meet the wrestling coach.
Doctor Grandma 
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