September 18, 2023 - Monday


We had a great school day today: started on time, got all subjects finished by noon, and even did French! We'll have tomorrow and Thursday off for co-op, so we need to have two good days this week. I'm getting SO excited for Maine! I can barely stand to wait the three more days until we leave. (I didn't take pictures today, so included some photos from Maine 2017.)

I finally cleaned the shoes that have been sitting around and got them listed on fb Marketplace to sell. I cannot even stand how much stuff I have hanging around that needs to be sold or donated. I'll take care of these fall/winter shoes and then start listing clothes, I guess. It seems kind of silly to get involved in all of this when I'm getting ready for a trip, but it also seems like once it's October it'll be getting too late to sell fall stuff. We'll see what I have time for! 

Jonas's huge spider bite swelling has gone down a lot today, thank God. I really didn't want to have to take him to the doc. And Ollie seems to be feeling a lot better, other than her hacking cough. Praying we don't all get sick before we go to Maine! Ben really wants us to kind of quarantine until we leave. I hate to do it, but I do see the sense in it. 



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