Luke woke up a couple of times during the night. I went in the first time and Liz the second. I guess she forgot to shut his door all the way, because around the time it was getting light outside he started zooming around the house on his little bus. That was quite a shock to both of us. After breakfast Luke and I drove up to Franklin for his speech therapy. That seemed to go pretty well. We returned home, ate snack, then drove to the playground in Spring Hill to meet my parents. Today is my mother’s birthday, so it was great for Luke to see her. Unfortunately it was a little hot and steamy out. I also had to talk on the phone for about half the time, which was a bit of a downer. Luke had a great time though.

We returned home for lunch and then an attempted nap. He stayed in his room for close to an hour but never slept. We just played until Liz got off work. It was raining hard so no trip outside. I was working on getting a contract on the house, but it ended up falling through. Rather disappointing. Oh well, lots more fish in the sea. Liz put Luke to bed but he was kind of creaming, so I went in to calm him down and he fell asleep not long after that.

Last nights storms didn’t do too much. The main casualty was a dead branch falling from one of the maple trees out front. It wasn’t even that big. I went to Kroger after breakfast to get several things that we needed. Lots of people there weren’t wearing masks despite signs out front saying they were mandatory. We all went to the farmer’s market after I returned and bought some bread and a small watermelon. Ourn next stop was a park on Iron Bridge Road that we hadn’t been to before. It was quite nice and we had it to ourselves. Luke enjoyed it a lot and I’m sure we will be returning. Finally we went to the nature park and walked the small loop. It was nice to get a little exercise.

Back at the house I gathered up a few things and hit the road. My first stop was a store in Estill Springs that sells wood burning stoves. Well, they don’t actually stock any and the salesman didn’t really know anything about them besides the fact that he can order some. So I’ll probably need to go down to Chattanooga for good service. Next I stopped at Home Depot in Winchester to pick up a squeegee head before driving up the Mountain. I first stopped at Debbie’s and chatted for a bit before going by the house. Upon seeing that the plumber hadn’t done any work I became enraged. I went by the Goat Market to get pizza for me and Debbie and talked for a bit with Eric while waiting. He said the way the plumber was treating me was ridiculous. I agreed, and will find a replacement. Debbie and I enjoyed the pizza, and chatted for a while about different things. I helped her label a bunch of candles and that kind of calmed me down. It was after sunset when I left and so I didn’t go photograph anything. I did go to the library to use the internet in the parking lot, but my laptop battery died after about five minutes. I picked up some stuff at Piggly Wiggly, then just came back to the cottage and wasted time on my phone. I talked with Liz for a while too.

The day got going early with Luke and I driving up to Franklin for his speech therapy. Fortunately there was again very little traffic. Luke enjoyed his time and Miss Sarah taught him to say “Dada”. We spent the rest of the morning building Lego towers, tearing them down, and reading. Lunch was black beans that I made in the slow cooker this morning, plus some fancy rice that I cooked up a big batch of a couple of days ago. Luke took a longer nap than he has in a while. We built more towers after his nap. Unfortunately storms rolled in just as Liz was getting off work, so no trip to the park. I was doing a lot of texting with a lady who is interested in the house, and spoke with my dad a bit on the phone to discuss. Luke enjoyed dinner and his bath, and went to bed without fussing. Now I’m just messing around on the internet.