June 17, 2023 - Saturday


Today was kind of a crazy, hectic day for me. We did get to sleep in, which was nice. In the morning, I gave Ben his Father's Day gift, which is a new basketball hoop!! I think he's pretty excited about it. BUT, we spent HOURS taking apart the old one. Well, Ben spent hours taking apart the old one. I got to work on getting the new one put together. THEN I had to go to a horrible meeting to discuss my horrible week ahead. Such a waste of time. Nobody but me and one other lady and a student worker showed up out of the 9 of us who will be working in the 3rd grade room. I drove all the way over to Clintonville, met with these ladies to discuss something not worth discussing ahead of time for 1/2 hour, then drove home again. I worked with Ben to get the new basketball hoop set up, hung out in Ashley's yard, watching the girls play for a while, then worked on the hoop again. Soon after, Ben headed out for another Magic tournament. I watched Ashley's kids for a bit, then Ashley hung out with the kids in the evening while I cleaned the whole house for 2 1/2 hours. Father's Day tomorrow!




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