Survived

The entire family survived Shelby's business trip to Duke. Eli and I had a great day last Sunday as I described in the previous blog entry. On Monday morning, I took Eli to school and had a busy day at work. I picked up enough dinners for both of us to last two nights and hunkered in for the night. Unfortunately, I came down with a cold on Monday and was sniffling by evening. Grandma Linda and Grandpa Mike were concerned about my ability to take care of Eli if I was sick myself, so they volunteered to come up on to Madison on Tuesday. Tuesday morning was cold and rainy, so Eli and I spent the morning playing in the house. We went out to eat lunch with Grandma and Grandpa at Noodles, a notable meal because we ate with Eli sans any specific supplies. Having a little extra food on hand would be useful in the future, but it is good to know that in a pinch we can simply take Eli out to eat. Later that afternoon, Mike and I watched the Twins v. Tigers MLB tiebreaker game. Eli also had a bit of a cold, so he slept through a good portion of the afternoon. Shelby came back to Madison on Wednesday night. Before she came back, Eli spent the day in school and I spent the day at work. By 7PM, the entire family was back together again.

The rest of the week passed in a blur. I can't honestly say if anything interesting happened on Thursday or Friday. Saturday we went shopping in the morning and then spent the afternoon around the house. Today was a milestone, as we left Eli at the house alone with a babysitter for 3 hours (thanks Regina!). Shelby and I played a soccer game in the cold, dry fall weather (we even won). No harm befell Eli and he is now playing contentedly with Shelby.