December 22, 2023 - Friday


TGIF! What can I say about a day like today? It was so full of nothing that it's pretty unremarkable. Puzzles. Meals. Cleaning. Reading. That was 90% of my day. I told Jonas I would take him to try playing ping pong at the club that Patrick goes to and I had totally forgotten about it. At 4pm-ish, Jonas comes in saying he didn't get into pajamas after his shower because he knows he has ping pong tonight and I was just blown away. Like, did I agree to that? WHY??? I did take him, though, and he had a tough time. In between the first three matches, he sat next to me and did his best not to cry. He couldn't talk at all, because he'd start crying. I asked if he wanted to leave and he said he didn't. He kept going! After the 4th match, he finally started to see the benefit of getting beaten so badly over and over again and he learned a lot. We were there until 9:30pm. I could not believe how long it went on! I was so ready to get out of there. Home now and drinking a glass of wine. Ollie lost our TV remote and Ben is in mourning over it. 

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