After therapy I returned home and hooked up my trailer, then went to Chapel Hill to pick up my cedar. At the cottage I unhooked my trailer and then went to the job site. I unboxed the appliances and hauled the cardboard to the dump. I started draining the moat out front by digging a little diversion trench. Next I hauled away a lot of tree debris so the excavator can install the septic system. Eric and his son stopped by and we chatted for a bit before I finished up. I stopped at Piggly Wiggly for some food and have just been relaxing since.

It was a pretty low key morning. We mostly put together puzzles. Later we took Luke to the doctor because he’s been coughing a lot and we wanted to make sure he was okay before taking him to two birthday parties this afternoon. She gave him the all clear and said that sometimes the cough can linger for three to four weeks after being sick. Back at the house we had a later than usual lunch and then Liz and Luke went to the parties for two of his classmates in Cool Springs. I took trash to the dump, bought a mirror at Home Depot, and some cinnamon rolls at Food Lion. Back at the house I just relaxed until they returned. Luke was pretty fired up and had lots of party favors to show me. We had dinner really late but the bed time routine went well.

This morning Luke woke up with a bit of a cough, so Liz didn’t want him going to school. We played until I went to physical therapy, which was pretty good, then we played some more until Liz got off work a little before three. I drove up to the Mountain and stopped to see Debbie for about an hour. Then I went to Piggly Wiggly for some food and have just been relaxing here at the cottage.