Life Adjustment
Thursday, March 3, 2011
In which Puck and Leia have an afternoon to play together and Collette takes a turn for the weak…
Off to another day of work and research.
It never ended.
That is not to say that it was a bad thing, or uninteresting.
But work all the same.
Collette had been called upon to somewhat change her usual course of meals, eliminating bread, chiefly. And eating more red meat, fish, bacon, eggs, and fat, including butter and raw cheese. And, fortunately for Collette, no raw vegetables or salads. For the present…
This called upon omelets for lunch.
Collette was also relieved to know that there were several sorts of chocolates that she could eat from time to time: Theo chocolate or Whole Foods chocolate.
Leia.
Luke was at a birthday party.
So Puck showed Leia how to play basketball with the orange rubber ball.
“I want to do the drips,” he said, tapping the ball up and down against the cement.
Purple crocus covered the yard.
“Don’t pick the flowers,” Puck ordered. “They’re the birds’ earphones.”
“Earphones?” Collette asked.
“Yeah. That’s how the birds talk to the worms.”
“Who taught you that?”
“Grandma,” he replied with a big grin.
Then it was time for a half-hour walk. As predicted by Fred, the nutritionalist, Collette was not feeling very wonderful, and had no zip. So their walk was confined to a mere half of the neighborhood.
Puck insisted that he push Leia in the stroller. He reached down and carefully patted her on the head. Then he tickled her under the chin. Leia giggled.
“Hi, Puck,” she said with a big grin.
When they returned from their walk, Puck showed Leia how to use the scale. And they took turns ‘reading’ their weight. And some good old OLeif-approved Dr. Seuss, though never Collette’s particular favorite…
Into the later afternoon…
The Count of Monte Cristo in audiobook.
Only a dram of energy, not much more.
Puck was busy singing Just a Spoonful of Sugar during dinner.
And OLeif returned heroically with burgers, sans buns for Collette, for dinner.
Collette ended her evening with a partial viewing of Carrie-Bri’s favorite version of Jane Eyre and continued genealogical endeavors with names from Ancient Rome of ridiculous length, such as:
Amnius Manius Caesonius Nichomachus Anicius Paulinus
Or…
Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius Severus Uranius Antoninus.