February 17, 2025 - Monday


Today was a little rough. We did have a pretty relaxing morning, but my period started and I was feeling grumpy. We decided to go ice skating as a family, so we headed over to the Dublin Chiller for the noon skate. We pulled into the parking late and turned around again because it was so busy we couldn't even find a spot! We promised the kids to come back sometime when Hilliard schools aren't out. We headed over to Daruma for a hibachi lunch and, after the hostess attempted to cram us onto a table where there was already a family sitting, we decided to leave there too. It felt pretty rude, but we didn't want to spend $100 on lunch, just to be uncomfortable for the entire time. After that, we went to Bob Evans and Ollie started crying, saying, "I know you're just going to make us leave here too!" And Ben did want to! But we stayed and had lunch and it was all good. 

By the time we got home, it felt like most of the day had been wasted. Ben and I ran back out to Home Depot and got the floor trim and the correct door. I spent the next two hours trying to get the door square. I succeeded! But I had to excuse Ben after the first half hour. He was just being so negative and unhelpful, trying to rush along the whole process, that I needed to work alone. I appreciate that he wanted to help, but he just wanted it to be a quick thing and when it wasn't, he tried to pressure me into installing it incorrectly! I just cannot spend that much money on a door for it to not close properly for the rest of our time living in this house. That's insane to me. So I meticulously shimmed it here and there and everywhere until I finally got a square doorframe and door that closed and opened properly. 

Not an awesome day, but we had some good family time and I got something big checked off of the bedroom tasks list. Not bad!

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