Monday, 17 April 2017

My Vacation Time in Janetville - March Break 2017 (2) - by Anne Shier

(Babysitting my grandson, James)
Saturday March 11 to Saturday March 18, 2017:

On Sunday morning (March 12th), I woke up late – 11:00 am is late for me.  James also slept in and when we got up, I made myself a coffee and made James his breakfast.  I don’t remember who made lunch today or if we even had lunch.  Brent doesn’t have to work today, but he’s going to make dinner for us three tonight and I’ll do the dishes and make his lunch for work.  When we’re together, we work well together as a team.  It’s James’ job to take out the re-cycle bins and garbage from the kitchen to the laneway when necessary.  I usually don’t do the cooking when Brent’s home, but I always help with the dishes afterward since Brent doesn’t like doing them.  

On Monday morning (March 13th), I woke up relatively early.  Brent had gone to bed at 10:30 pm, and James and I went to bed at midnight last night.  This time, I did sleep through the night.  At home, I’m usually wrestling with the arthritic pain in my knees and doing whatever I can to minimize it.  If I’m lucky, I may get to sleep before 4:00 am and then I strive to stay asleep until at least 10:00 am.  Today, I was lucky enough to stay asleep until 10:15. 

Brent has to work today and I’d made him a lunch last night for him to take.  He told me he was coming home right after work tonight and he was going to cook dinner for us three, but sometime this week, he told me he will stay back and work overtime till 7:00 pm.  In that case, I will have to cook dinner, but only for James and me; Brent will look after his own.  We’ll just have to wait and see which night he chooses to work overtime.  It’s fine with me – he just has to tell me what he’s going to do.  This afternoon, I read a little bit of my book “The Girl on the Train”, and I played “World Geography” on my Smart phone, as I usually do. 

I went to bed before midnight along with Brent and James.  Brent did not want to go to bed by 10:30 pm tonight for some reason.  He only does that because he has to get up at 4:45 am and be out the door by 5:00 am or a little after.  Anyway, I’d had a headache most of the day today and just didn’t feel like staying up.  I was kind of tired as a result and went to bed earlier than I normally would have while staying up here.

copyright 2017 - Anne Shier

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