Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July 17, 2026

On Thursday morning, Chase had an ortho appointment, and the tech said everything thing was fine and to come back in 6 weeks. Fortunately, Nanaw was able to make a 3:15 p.m. appointment on September 15 so Chase didn’t have to leave school early. Chase said on the way out, he saw Jackson P. And they both nodded to each other. Uncle Mike came over to cut the grass and work on the basement. He and Nanaw loaded up all the trash they wanted to put in Nichole’s dumpster. Then while Uncle Mike put the trash in his truck, Chase and Nanaw moved the boxes of holiday decorations from one part of the basement to the shelves on the other side. Chase was absolutely wonderful helping. He carried about 20 boxes, two at a time. Nanaw was so happy and proud of him. On Thursday afternoon, he willingly did his Python lesson. He thinks it was lesson 15. Chase had a workout on Friday morning. He really seems to like the workouts. On the drive home, Chase did something unusual for him. He talked a lot to Nanaw about the workout, saying his goal is to be able to lift weights in the amount of his weight, 119 pounds, He said he did 90 pounds today so he’s getting close.  He told Nanaw he thinks the workout sessions are really making him a lot stronger. On the way home, they stopped at Walgreen’s so Chase could get some of the special candy he likes -- $17 worth of special candy – LOL! In the afternoon, Chase once again did his Python lesson, lesson 16, Nanaw thinks. Nanaw is way behind him on her lessons. She thinks she’s on lesson 11 or 12. But she hopes to get caught up this weekend at the little house.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Chase and Nanaw had a busy, mixed-up day on Wednesday. In the morning, after Chase’s sleepover, they went over to Chase’s house for him to get clean clothes. At first he had wanted to stay there for awhile to play with his Virtual Reality Device but changed his mind. He decided he wanted to take it back to Nanaw’s house and play with it there. Nanaw had a meeting at church from 1 to 3 p.m. so she fixed Chase’s lunch of a ham and cheese sandwich, yogurt and French fries before she left. She promised to be back home by 3:20, in plenty of time to take him to his workout session. When Nanaw dropped him off, she saw his friend Tucker arriving also, and both boys seemed so happy to see one another. Chase had been concerned that Daddy didn’t know he was supposed to pick Chase up from the workout, but Nanaw reassured him that Daddy definitely knew because it was Daddy’s idea. Nanaw went to Waterloo Walmart to do her grocery shopping and then stopped by Chase’s house on her way home to drop off his clothes bag and the guys. Chase and Daddy arrived home while Nanaw was there so Nanaw got to take a picture of Chase for Days and to get a good-bye hug and kiss. 

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Today was cleaning lady day so Nanaw did her rushing around the house putting things away and straightening up. At noon, they went over to Chase’s house to wait till the cleaning was done. Nanaw had packed up things for Chase’s and her lunch. She fixed Chase’s lunch right away and he finished it just as Brady came over to visit. Brady stayed for about three hours; it sounded like they had a good time, and Chase said he did. The cleaning lady had a family emergency and was late getting to Nanaw’s house. She didn’t finish till 3; Chase and Nanaw went back to Nanaw’s house then. Mama and Daddy were going to dinner at Syberg’s to say goodbye to it because it’s closing in its current location. They’re going to try to find another place to open it up again. At 6 p.m., Nanaw took Chase to Sonic, as she’d promised. Chase got two pretzel twists with cheese, an order of onion rings, and a Sonic Blast. On the drive home from Sonic, Chase said he was going to ask Mama and Daddy if he could have a sleepover at Nanaw’s. Nanaw was surprised and pleased about that. Mama said yes but that she would miss her bug and Tee Tee.

Monday, July 13, 2026

Nanaw had a doctor’s appointment on Monday morning, and Chase was sweet enough to remind her that it was time to leave; he didn’t want her to be late. She left a huge snack for him before she left: 2 bags of Skinny Pop, his Red Vines red licorice, a yogurt packet, an applesauce packet, a cheese stick, Cheez-Its and Tootsie Rolls. When Nanaw got home, half of the snack was still there. Chase said Nanaw gave him too much! That was a first. So Nanaw put everything that he didn’t eat away.For lunch he had a ham sandwich and Cheetos Mac and Cheese, which hew couldn’t eat because he was still full from the snack. He’ll have the Cheetos tomorrow, he says. In the afternoon, he had a workout. When he came back to the car when it was over, he said he wanted to take a shower. So that’s what he did when he got back to Nanaw’s house. At the end of the day, he had another snack of Red Vines red licorice and Skinny Pop. When Chase and Nanaw got to his house, Nanaw went through the cheese draw in the fridge to get 8 slices of cheese for Chase’s four ham and cheese sandwiches for the rest of the week. Nanaw forgot to ask Mama to get Swiss cheese. Chase went to find his Chromebook so he and Nanaw could put his games on it and his calculator so Mama could determine if it’s the correct one for school. 

Friday, July 10, Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12, 2026

Chase had a busy, active, fun three days. Daddy was off work on Friday, so he took Chase to his workout in the morning. After that, Chase and Daddy went golfing for a couple of hours. Mama said they golfed at their regular place but Nanaw is not quite sure where that is so she’ll have to investigate.  Mama reported that Chase’s friend Hunter and his family were down in southern Missouri and got evacuated because of the flooding there. Thank goodness they’re all right. It stormed in Columbia and at the little house on Friday night, and Mama thought Chase’s baseball might be rained out, and it was. Mama sent a picture of Truman and Tee Tee hiding in her office while Chase was taking a shower. After his shower he rescued them. On Saturday, Mama had a plan for her and Chase to clean out the bookcase in the living room. She said it was boring but necessary. They’re getting new flooring so everything will be moved around. Mama said Chase did a great job in cleaning off the shelf and didn’t complain, which Nanaw is sure made Mama happy. They went to dinner at La Fiesta, and Mama said that’s all she had to report about Chase’s Saturday. On Sunday, baseball was rained out again, and Daddy and Chase went to mass at their regular time. After church, he and Daddy played mini golf in South County, and then they went to Dick’s where Chase bought a soccer ball. In the afternoon, Chase and some of his Bears teammates had a baseball adventure. They went to the Bud Dome in South County in the afternoon to play baseball. Mama sent pictures of mini golf and baseball in the Bud Dome. She’s a very good reporter and photographer for Days of Chase. 

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Chase and Nanaw had a good day today. Nanaw has given up on the idea of school with Chase. He complained so much about it and found excuse after excuse not to do it. So today, Nanaw told him that they were not going to do school anymore. The only thing she wanted him to do was the Python programming. Chase said he would do that, and he said they could also listen to books on CD or from Alexa. In the morning, Chase had an appointment with Brittany for a haircut. She always talks to him and gets him to talk a little. After the appointment, Chase and Nanaw went to Walgreen’s to buy two mood rings, one for Chase and one for Mama. They also bought some Red Vines (red licorice) for Chase and two other things of candy.) In the afternoon, Chase did his Python programming, and then he and Nanaw listened to Alexa read The Fort by one of Chase’s favorite authors, Gordon Korman. It all went well, and Nanaw has high hopes for a happy rest of the summer.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Once again, Chase had a ham and Swiss cheese sandwich and French fries for lunch on Wednesday. But he didn’t eat the French fries because he was too full. He had a workout in the afternoon between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. He was especially excited about this workout because his friend Tucker was going to be there. School with Chase hasn’t been going well this summer, and Nanaw is ready to stop doing school.  Chase has been complaining about school all the time and kept finding excuses for not having school. Nanaw is a little disappointed because she had fun with school but evidently Chase didn’t. They could do two things: 1. Chase doing the Python computer programming courses with ChatGPT. 2. Listening to books, which Chase had mentioned that he liked doing and wanted do. They would listen either on CDs or from Alexa. Nanaw just realized she could also get a book for them to listen to from Audible. Nanaw briefly mentioned that plan this afternoon to Chase, and he seemed to be in favor of it. Then this evening she asked Mama’s opinion, and her opinion was that it might be better than trying to force him to do something he didn’t want to do.Today, Uncle Mike came over to cut the grass, and then he helped Nanaw with the shelves down in the basement. Nanaw was very grateful for his help.