Friday was a nice day. I spent most of it relaxing while dealing with a tumultuous gut episode but managed to accomplish some household tasks, a load of laundry, and a dishwasher load.

Friday evening, Laura brought three chicken dinners to Mama Kay’s for our supper. I contributed a peach pie and sugar-free vanilla ice cream. However, I brought over three different plates: one from the Royal Stewart China Rick and I purchased in March 1990, one belonging to my great-grandmother, Thelma Daugherty Barmes, and the third belonging to my great-great-grandmother, Mabel Bannon Daugherty, the mother of my great-grandmother. Three sherbet dishes for the ice cream were from the set purchased in 1893 by my maternal great-great-grandmother, Anna Greenlee Jones. The gold-plated forks and spoons were from the set that Rick and I purchased for the Royal Stewart China.

After dinner, we journeyed to Dayton’s South Park Neighborhood to attend their annual outdoor Shakespeare In The Park production. This year was Shakespeare’s, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.

This morning has been more relaxing in bed with Harrigan and Col. Deeds constantly at my side. I’ve managed a few more household chores and feel accomplished. I’ve been listening to a new audiobook, THE MADNESS OF MARY LINCOLN, by Jason Emerson. While the content is excellent, the narrator, Steven Roy Grimsley, while strong of voice, does a ridiculous job imitating the female commentary. I’ve listened to female narrators who will deepen their voices for male commentary, but they do not offer such a hilarious effect.

I have a ton of purchased books in my audiobook library and I am hoping to get to these more and more.

Tomorrow, I begin the academic year private teaching with nine new students, three of which are Zoom lessons from Western states. This is the first year that I do not have any senior students.

On with my day.

Make it a great day!