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I'd try an April Fools joke, but I can never think of anything. My mind doesn't work that way. I can appreciate some of what other people get up to, as long as it's not mean, but I can't think of anything myself.

Cordelia has started recording Tigers' baseball games. She watches them in bits and pieces. I suspect she's going to fall way behind as the season progresses because it takes her more than a day to watch an entire game. I find it interesting that this is the sport she's chosen to invest in. She's watched bits of soccer, volleyball and basketball games but only sporadically. She never recorded anything to watch later, and she'd generally wander away in the middle of the game. I think volleyball interested her most, but that was harder to find-- It was mostly local high school matches.

I decided to cancel this week's appointment with the social worker. I think Cordelia still has things to work on, but she doesn't seem to want to work on them, and I can't force her. I am trying to find solutions to the two specific problems we know about-- needing her iPad in order to sleep and being afraid to sit through movie previews. Cordelia's making progress on the iPad issue on her own, but she still says she doesn't want to go to fifth grade camp. The movie preview issue is more complicated because she keeps changing her story about what scares her about them as I suggest ways of decreasing her fear.

Scott's sister wants us to come for lunch on Sunday. We're not sure we can make it work because of Scott's Science Olympiad practice. If he can move that to Saturday, we can go. If he can't, we can't. It would be good to see them as it's been a while. It's also as close to an Easter meal with family as we're likely to get. Scott's parents come back from Florida the day before Easter. I can't imagine they'll be up to hosting anything.

I suppose we could host if we can get the house sufficiently clean. We have enough room for a meal with two guests. We couldn't do it if Scott's sister's family were involved, so I need to know when they'll be returning from their trip. I don't want to suggest it if we're going to be leaving them out.

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About 12:45, my friend, odosgirl, came over and drove me to Kroger. I had a prescription to fill, and I'd kept forgetting to give it to Scott. I was going to run out tomorrow, and I knew he couldn't fill the prescription then, so I e-mailed my friend to ask the favor of a ride. Of all my meds, this is the one with a reputation for nasty withdrawal symptoms, so I really didn't want to let myself run out.

Filling the prescription took maybe twenty minutes. While we waited, we looked at the display of paperbacks for sale and discussed romance novels and authors.

After I had my prescription, we walked over to Orange Leaf and had some frozen yogurt. I had chocolate banana and brownie batter. I'm not sure what odosgirl had, but I know she had at least three different flavors in her cup. We sat on couches near the window and talked. Mostly, she told me about what she's doing with her dissertation which sounds fascinating. She's looking at three different fictional representations of Thomas Paine over the centuries and comparing them.

We ran late enough that I didn't get my exercise programs in today. I feel a little guilty about that, but if I'm not here at 2:00, there's not a lot I can do. I need to invest in some Body Electric DVDs. They're kind of expensive, but it would be good to have something for days when I miss the show or when, as on the weekends, the show isn't on. I'm also thinking to get one of those foam kneeling pads that they sell for gardeners because I can't currently do anything that has me on my knees. Maybe volleyball kneepads would work, but those are more expensive and not so much a thing to experiment with.