Today I took the kids back up to the top of the rock. The poison ivy leaves have fallen off the vines, because it’s fall. This simplified matters for us. We could no longer see the plant to avoid it, but it was less dangerous, since it didn’t have any leaves on it. There really wasn’t anything to do once we reached the top of the rock, but the kids were still in love with the novelty of being there. Honestly, I’d let them go up there by themselves were it not for three facts: Livia always pushes the limits of what’s safe, the two of them do stupid things when they start fighting, and they always start fighting.
In the evening, we dropped my car off at the mechanic’s so that he could bring it in to Inspections on Friday. The car is almost guaranteed to fail. This is not a good time for buying a car, though, so we hope we’ll be able to put it off (somehow!) for a little longer.
It had been a long time since I last drove the car. Months. I was almost afraid I’d forgotten how to drive. I hadn’t, but driving was nonetheless a little stressful.
But also really good! I miss driving! It was so nice to be driving around as if life were normal again. And it was so nice to see other people out and about, acting just like old times, even though they were acting just like old times and not wearing masks where they should have been!