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It was getting down to the wire for me to leave the house in order to get to where I needed to be on time today. I turned on Dennis' light so he'd wake up from his nap, and when I got to my room I heard him yell "Hey, what's going on in here?" and then "Hey, Mommy, what you doing?". I told him we were going to Gran's house and he said "okay, I need to get dressed" and then "where are my pants?" and then "Mommy, have you seen my pants?". We found a pair of jeans and then faced additional mild drama over shoes and which toys to pack. I was putting the Legos back into the box and I had found much of the set but not the coolest part: the base with the wheels that makes the car or plane or truck or whatever. Dennis all of a sudden said, in a singsong voice, "hey, Mommy, look what I founndddd..." and it was the piece I was looking for. Amazing! He searches for and finds things now! What a great feature!

Dropped him off at Mom's and as soon as we got inside and he showed Gran his Legos, he said "bye, Mommy, see you later!". I hadn't told him I was leaving him there, so this was a relief that I got to make an easy getaway. He usually doesn't complain about us leaving him, though, and I'm grateful for that! I am working at the gym today and it's been 3 hours. I've had ONE person come in and work out. Holiday week, I guess, and now I'd better do my own workout! Have officially, as of this morning, dropped 80 pounds!!!