Ahhh, yesterday I had the entire house to myself and it was fabulous. It feels like that has never happened since January when Felix moved in. And then we went to Missoula with a bunch of people and the funeral, I bunked with either my parents (my mom snores and kind of yells in her sleep) and/or Chris. No alone time for Doris! (cry emoji). And then yesterday, Jeremy left for Sacramento and Edda was at day camp and I was home by myself. I want to do all these social things, but I do love my alone time where I’m responsible for only myself. I do enjoy making people happy, so it means that when I’m with people, I try to make it a good time which is both fun for me and very tiring for me. I do understand why a lot of people enjoy living alone. People are annoying. I read somewhere that being slightly annoyed is the price you pay for community. And yes, I know I’m annoying too.
Jeremy did bike in Missoula – his big ride on our last full day was cancelled because of the weather which was unfortunate. But he did see the neighboring mountains. I still can’t believe how great that vacation was and a big part of it was that while I did plan a bunch, everyone was super flexible and agreeable to my plans.
While I was gone in California, Edda was at her first week of day camp. A new coffee place opened in our neighborhood. Elka got to go inside. The night before we left for CA, Chris stayed at the house to make the morning ride to the airport easier. He came at dinner time to eat with us and then asked if he could do anything helpful. Jeremy asked him to take Elka on a walk and Elka proceeded to take him right to the ice cream store to ask for a cold pup pop. Elka did this by refusing to go in any direction except towards the ice cream shop. Now, Chris had no idea why he was standing in front of the ice cream store with Elka looking at him so expectantly. Apparently now Elka asks Jeremy to go to the ice cream store not only each day, but on every walk. HAHAHAHA.
We are navigating new transportation options for Edda which means using Metro Access which is both wonderful and annoying. Jeremy did a lot of this when I was in California. But here is the sprinter van picking Edda up.
Edda also had a cluster of seizures on Saturday and Sunday – all of which Jeremy managed without telling me. He kind of shrugged and said, it would have only worried you. And it was true, so I didn’t know about it until Eliana texted the group chat that Edda was having another seizure.
