April 9, 2026 - Thursday



Jonas and I got to Cincinnati today for the homeschool convention! It was a bit of a hassle to get here. I noticed last night that one of my tires was low. I took it to the shop today to get it fixed and they pointed out that all of my dang tires are bald, and they are all more prone to get flats this way, AND they can't repair the leak - it needs a new tire. So, I end up getting a whole new freaking set of tires. Gosh darnit. Every time I turn around I'm spending a couple thousand more dollars on something unexpected. This was $1100 dollars, when I thought I'd be spending $50 on a dang tire repair. ALSO, it took hours. I wanted to leave here by 11:30 so we could get to the first session today, but we left at almost 1 instead. I'm pretty bummed about the way the morning went, but the rest of the day wasn't bad! 

We checked into the hotel and they gave us a room upgrade, which was nice. I'm not sure how this room is actually an upgrade, but whatever. I'll take it. We dropped our stuff off, then walked over to the conference. We shopped a little and went to one session, then went back to the hotel and got the car to go to Christina, Sarah, and Lauren's Airbnb for dinner. It was nice to visit! But, honestly, it also would have been nice to just stay at the hotel too. So... IDK. It was fine. 

Jonas and I watched a little TV and snacked. It was a nice first day together!



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