September 2, 2025

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• I sure didn't want to wake up this morning, and I was hoping that a sudden rainstorm came so I didn't have to walk, but instead it was a beautiful morning. I do enjoy my walk though I din't enjoy having to hurry back and scramble to get all of my house things finished before school starts. 
• Plus I feel guilty on my walk because most days when I get back to the driveway, Bentley is staring at me from the window. She then meets me at the back door when I come in. I usually finished the laundry, and then take her out to potty and get brushed. However, I feel like she may feel neglected when I don't take her on my morning walk. 
• Since she isn't awake when I leave the house in the mornings, I do try to take her on a little spin in the afternoons. Today, we just went 1/2 of a milk, but I think that is enough to make her happy because she slows down pretty quickly.
• We did the school thing this morning, and it wasn't too bad getting back in the swing of things. Graham has an essay to start writing next week so that will add a bit of work for him and possibly for me, but other than that we all seem to be trucking along. Now, Campbell will have a few new things next week so I expect her to be mad at me for most of the week.
• This afternoon I took Whitman and Graham to get their haircut. Whitman's had gotten pretty long, and Graham's had gotten pretty short-from his buzz cut. Even though it was short, he needed it to be shaped a bit since it seems to be growing quickly. 
• When we came back home, I helped Whitman finish up his school work while moving another set of drawers out of the school room closet. Reagan took a set of shelves from there, and now Keaton is taking some drawers to replace a rickety shelf in their bedroom. I'm doing all kinds of rearranging in that closet-unfortunately, I'm not throwing that much away.
• I had class meeting tonight at On the Border-my food was good, but what Robby and I usually order is enough to split. However, what I ordered tonight was just a tiny bowl, so I was disappointed. The fellowship was good though.
• Robby had some errands this afternoon and came home with some pizza for the kids' supper. When I came home, I played a quick game with Graham, Whitman, and Keaton. Now my goal is to work on 8 different crochet squares and do some laminating.