2020 Election

 Yesterday I met up with Deborah.  A long-time friend of hers who she was also living with passed away on Sunday.  Deborah was her caretaker over the last few months.

I Zoom tutored in the afternoon.

We ate grilled chicken for dinner and then Morry and Evan went to the baseball lesson.

Today is the big day - election day.   Morry got up around 6:15am to go vote.   I voted early a few weeks ago.

Both Morry and the boys were off today.  There was no school because many of the schools are voting locations.

After I taught, I dropped my car off to get serviced.  

Morry met me there and then we went to lunch nearby at a place called Hideaway.  It was good and we were able to eat outside.

After picking up my car we went back home.

I Zoom tutored this afternoon.

Morry and Evan are at baseball practice.

When they get home we will have corned beef for dinner.

We will see what happens tonight in terms of the election.

Star Wars!

This morning we walked Noah to school and then I left for school.

From school, I went to the car dealership to get the 5,000-mile service and sign paperwork for the next month.

Morry met me there and we went to lunch at MezzeMe.

After lunch, I picked up my car and went home.

Tonight, the new Star Wars movie started showing in theaters.  Morry bought our tickets months ago.  Deborah met us at our house around 4:30.  We lit the menorahs and then went over to Alamo Drafthouse.

It was a fun movie.  Everyone liked it.

Now we are home and the kids are getting ready for bed.

Highlander and Adam

Yesterday we walked Noah to school. Evan walked to the bus stop.

Morry had a 10am meeting up north and we had a 12:15 appointment at Charles Maund Toyota, so I went with Morry to North Austin.  I dropped him off and then went to one of the locations nearby of Austin Pets Alive.

I wanted to see if they had any dogs there to foster.  When I got there it was very chaotic.  I finally managed to speak with someone who told me the dogs there were not available for foster and I need to go to the downtown location.  During this time, I kept hearing them ask for volunteers to transfer donated items to the other locations.  So, I volunteered to load up my car and take some stuff to the downtown location.

We filled the van with litter, food, crates, cleaning supplies and more.

At the downtown location, everyone was busy so I had to start unloading the items on my own. Finally, a woman came over a helped me.

When I was done unloading my car, I went to look at the dogs needing fosters.  There was a cute young looking dog named Adam.  I wrote down my name on the sheet to say I was interested.

Then, I left to pick up Morry from the meeting.

From there, we went to Charles Maund.  I worked out a deal with them.  I will help them some social media and they will lend me a car.  I chose a Highlander and it was finally available for pick up.    We signed some paperwork and I was on my way with a new 2017 Toyota Highlander!

While we were there I got a voicemail that someone else was interested in Adam and they wanted to see if I was still interested in fostering.  I called back and said we could come over now to let them know.

Morry and I went to Austin Pets Alive and played with Adam a little bit.  He was very hyper but seemed sweet.  We could not bring him home yet since he still needed an exam and shots, as well as a meet and greet with Lizzy.  They said they'd call us in a couple of hours when he was ready.

We were home for just a minute or so and then walked to pick up Noah.  

Evan got home a little after 4pm.

Around 5pm we found out Adam was ready.

We piled everyone in the car and headed over there.  Lizzy and Adam met. Although he was jumping on her a lot, he seemed to be learning not to do so.  So, we decided to bring him home.

On the way home we got more dog food at Petco and then picked up dinner at Mi Con Bistro.

Around 8:30 Morry left to pick up Marilyn from the airport.

This morning, Adam started whining around 8:30.  He did well throughout the night.

We took both dogs for a walk.

For lunch, we went to Kerbey Lane.

After lunch, Morry, Evan, Noah, and Marilyn went to the mall so that she could buy the boys some things.

A friend of mine came over this afternoon so her dog and Adam could play together.  They played nicely and wore each other out.

For dinner, we went to Via 313.

We took another walk when we got back with both dogs.

Now, everyone is getting ready for bed.

Here are some pictures from the last few days.

Yet another long day

This morning we walked to school.  Then, Morry and I went to Camp Gladiator.

After Camp Gladiator, I tutored.

Then, I went to a grand opening of a blow dry salon (Drybar) that I was invited to as a blogger.  I got my hair done and met the owner of the business.  This is the 75th location she has opened.

Then, I had to stop at Sprinkles (the cupcake place) since it was on the walk back to the car.  I bought a few cupcakes to bring home for us to try.

There was a lot of traffic and it took a while to get home.

Morry had a dentist appointment and got home a little bit before I did.

Then, we walked to pick up the kids from school.

We were home for about an hour and then we went to the Toyota dealership to look at some cars.

We ate at Freebirds for dinner.

Now the kids are getting ready for bed.

Busy all day

This morning we walked the kids to school.

Morry and I were both exhausted from the weekend and knew we had a lot going on today.  So, we skipped Camp Gladiator today.

I had a meeting at a car dealership at 11am.  I might be doing some social media promotions for them and we met to talk more and work out details.  I was there until 2:00.

From there, I went to tutor.

Morry picked up the kids from school.

I got home around 5:30.

We had kabobs for dinner.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Expensive Day

This morning we had a lot of rain and thunder.  Lizzy was not happy.

I drove Evan to his 11am dentist appointment.  He needed to get a cavity filled.  Everything went well and we were done in about an hour.

On the way home we stopped at HEB.

Finally, our car was ready this afternoon.  So, we drove to the dealership to pick it up.

For dinner, we invited Grandma over.  We had hamburgers, corn on the cob, and asparagus.

We walked Grandma home.

The boys are playing video games, but will get ready for bed soon.

Taking care of things

This morning we had an appointment to drop of my car at the dealer at 9am.  I drove my car there and then Morry and the boys came a few minutes later to pick me up.  My car recently hit 100,000 miles so we are getting a check up and oil change.  It's still not ready.

I took the boys to get passport photos taken.  We are planning on applying for passports tomorrow.  We don't have any international trips planned, but we figured it was a good time to get it done and have the passports ready if needed.

Wade came over during the afternoon.

Morry and Evan went to meet Coach Chris for a baseball lesson.  Shortly after they started it began to rain and lightning, so they came home.

We had corned beef, baked potato, and salad for dinner.

The boys are playing Legos now, but soon will get ready for bed.