My wife made a “dog date” for tomorrow for Maple & Mishka, Carolyn’s dog. I thought it was today, but Carolyn had a friend staying overnight.
First Bobby, now Katie. Perhaps not the same thing, as just a sore throat for now, but it sure makes me appreciate the “Barn Suite”. I would be sick 24/7 without it!
Katie was fine last night! Fine enough to do some “blanket dancing” (see photo to the right).
The antibiotics are helping Bobby out immensely. My wife tried to put him to bed for a nap today, but when that didn’t work, she went for a nap herself.
When she got up she went to Costco for a run. Katie’s list? Chips, hot dogs from their “food place”, and lemonade. The “food place” was out of ice cream so she picked up hot dogs only.
I’ve been watching this 2 hour long video for seniors on YouTube to acquaint me with Minecraft. In bits in pieces as it’s 2 hours long. It’s giving me a bit of a backstory and overall idea of what to do. In addition, I’ve been asking ChatGPT various questions. Here’s the progress I made today:
I created a new world in Minecraft: Java Edition and named it DadVsTheEnderDragon. I chose the name because defeating the Ender Dragon is the game’s great final adventure, and I liked the idea of turning my Minecraft experiment into a playful challenge: an inexperienced senior dad slowly learning enough to confront Minecraft’s ultimate boss—possibly with a little help from his children. I created the world in Survival mode but set the difficulty to Peaceful. Survival means I still have to gather resources, mine, craft tools and build everything myself, while Peaceful lets me learn and explore without being attacked by hostile monsters or constantly worrying about hunger. Once I’m more comfortable—and if I’m serious about reaching the Ender Dragon—I can temporarily raise the difficulty so the creatures and materials needed to reach the End become available. My plan is eventually to open DadVsTheEnderDragon to our local network so the kids can join from their own computers, turning Dad’s ridiculous-sounding challenge into a family Minecraft adventure.