Week 16

Welcome back and happy Tuesday!  This past week was a super stacked week especially for Brandon.  Aside from school he had a dentist appointment, a doctor appointment, a vaccine appointment, 2 home tennis games and one away.  It was not scheduled this way but fell into place like this because of many last minute changes.  Thankfully he's a kid that can just roll with it.  Otherwise, it was a great week.

Take a peek at how it all went down:

Day 109- Monday, 4/19/21

After spending all day in his sleeping tent Rusty came out just before dinner to roll around and look all cute making sure he gets fed on time.  After dinner, Brandon came home from tennis practice with the season schedule which went from an expected truncated schedule of 3 games to a newly minted full-on schedule of 14 games, 3 of which will be played this week.  Welcome back to a high-school sports life and the juggling act.

Day 110- Tuesday, 4/20/21

What a day!  Our closet doors FINALLY got installed today and we couldn't be more thrilled.  They look and work great.  It's easiest to see them in the reflection because it's so hard to get them in a full on picture but that's ok because I needed a "pieces of me" reflection picture and this works.  Then in the afternoon Brandon had a dentist appointment scheduled 6 months ago that just so happened to be right before a tennis game we found out about last night.  Luckily he made it on time since it was a home game. In other news, thanks goodness justice was served for George Floyd.  It was the right verdict for sure.

Day 111- Wednesday, 4/21/21

This is another "pieces of me" picture for an eyes closed prompt which was the hardest one to get.  It's not easy taking a selfie with your eyes closed but you do have to close your eyes to make a wish.  I also received a new puzzle to start working on.  It's much smaller than the last and has these amazing wood pieces shaped like creatures from the sea.  Can't wait to get started.

Day 112- Thursday, 4/22/21

Happy Earth Day!  I snapped this garden picture out back for this day just before heading to Elk Grove for Brandon's second tennis game of the week.  He also had a phone-call doctor's appointment that was schedule way before we knew this game was happening.  Thankfully there is a lot of downtime waiting for matches and luckily the dr. called at a perfect time so Brandon could actually talk to him.  I can't say I wasn't a little stressed about that one, but it all worked out perfectly.  I'm a huge fan of call-in appointments especially with this dr.

Day 113- Friday, 4/23/21

Tennis match number 3 to end the week.  This is his team with coach Dave who Brandon's been learning tennis from since he was little.  Even with the pandemic they have over 20 boys which is great. It is nice to see them out playing and working as a team.  As busy as it is we're happy to be back and when I get home I can take a deep breath, smell the roses, and rejoice in knowing the weekend is upon us.

Day 114- Saturday, 4/24/21

He was able to sleep in and get some much needed rest before I dragged him to Dixon for his 1st Pfizer vaccine.  Thankfully there was no real line so we were in and out in no time.  I'm super happy to have him more protected especially since he's out and about a lot more and in close contact with other kids for tennis.  Later, we decided we should at least watch one film on the Academy's Best Picture list before the awards tomorrow and picked this one which was really well done and testament to how history repeats itself.  Have we learned nothing over the past 50 or 60 years? 

Day 115- Sunday, 4/25/21

I made a trip to Lowes today to pick up some tomato plants, poppy flower seeds, and a couple more succulents.  While I was out it started to rain and sprinkled for a good bit.  We were expecting a bigger storm so we would have liked more rain but at this point every drop counts so we'll take it.  We also tried to watch the Academy Awards tonight but were disappointed in that as well.  I missed all the clips of the movies, and costumes, and makeup, and what not that helped you see why they were all nominated.  It was a great year for diversity which was good to see, but the ceremony production itself fell flat.

Wait! One more-

April's Family Photo

Taken in the backyard after Sunday dinner during the golden hour.

That's it!  See you next week in May.