May 9, 2025

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• I hopped out of bed before my alarm to put a filling inside of my sour dough bread and then put it in the fridge. It has been quite the process because I made the dough Wednesday mid morning, and it took it until this afternoon around 4 to be ready. 
• I've never had great luck with just plain sour dough bread, but this bread is cinnamon sugar so of course that makes just ok sourdough so much better. Whitman did tell me that he liked the plain bread better-and he is a big bread eater. 
• Finally this afternoon, I was able to bake it. Of course by the time that was ready to come out of the oven, we were already heading to soccer. Reagan had test the temperature and get it out of the oven for me.
• Around 11, Robby and I left for Arkadelphia. We had a few stops on the way there, and even sat down at McDonalds before heading to campus. When we arrived, Reagan, Ethan, and 2 other friends met us. 
• We went up to her room, and she had 3 things in the hallway and the fridge draining in the shower. Ethan carried the fridge downstairs, Robby and Reagan took the other things while I worked on the shower. It gave it my all-plus some bleach spray-I might have gagged a few times, and in less than 15 minutes we were done. Reagan's car was already filled to the brim, but if she would have had room, she wouldn't have needed us at all.
• We hurried towards home and stopped at Kroger. Then we went to Lowe's where Aaron and his truck met to help Robby get the dryer home. I left them and ran another errand before hurrying home. 
• Anderson and Whitman had carried Reagan's things to the bonus room, and she went to town organizing it. It is now all in 3 piles-going back, she has to go through, and I have to go through. I have already gone through my pile. I've put some things away, but also made more piles: someone may need this and Anderson's pile.
• While we were in Arkadelphia, Keaton went with Graham and Campbell to work again. This time she cut pictures. We picked her up a few minutes early and headed to soccer. Anderson was already at Raymar, but Keaton and Whitman had a game tonight.
• Their team won this game so it was a fun game to watch. It was a little bit chilly, but that was fine. Keaton did stop the ball with her face, fell down, and then got back up like a champ. She never did get near the boy who kicked the ball at her again! It shook her up for a minute, but soon she was asking to go back in. 
• Graham went to play basketball tonight so he wasn't around Raymar, but on his way to basketball he took Campbell to a birthday party. It was a pickleball birthday party which is kind of fun. Graham, not only dropped Campbell off, but he also picked her up. I was already on my way, but I turned around-since I was making him a grilled cheese, he didn't mind at all.
• Anderson helped Robby get the dryer in its spot, and it didn't take him long at all tonight to get them going-this one even has a 15 minute wash! That is very exciting to me-it's the little things.