Monday, February 16, 2026

Today was President's Day so Chase was off from school and Mama and Daddy were off from work. Nanaw had a doctor’s appointment this morning and told Mama she’d be over in the afternoon to study with Chase. Mama said they were going to lunch at Pawz. That’s the place that used to be Dusty Dogs that Nanaw went to with Brady and Andrew’s grandmas. Nanaw went over to Chase’s house a little after two. First, Chase studied the English slide show for the test tomorrow on three parts of speech: adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions. Next, they went over about 15 worksheets about the same things. Nanaw had Chase read the information about those parts of speech out loud. A couple of the worksheets were missing, and Nanaw said she would go through the stack of Chase’s papers that she has for the missing worksheets but she couldn't find them. Next, Chase did the worksheet for Chapter 5 of The Hobbit. He will turn it in tomorrow. He has a stack of things to turn in that should have been turned in last week. He promised to turn in everything. The last thing he studied was capitals of Asian countries for a geography test tomorrow. After they were finished studying, Nanaw watched Chase play pencil hockey in his room for a while. Then she drove to the new little park by Chase’s house and did some walking around and investigating the little lake.

Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15, 2026

On Saturday, Chase was feeling better so he was able to go to his workout session. In the afternoon, Nanaw came over to study with  him. They worked on his vocabulary packet, which is due on Tuesday. He did very well with it, and Nanaw was happy about that. He also studied a slide show for his English test on Tuesday. The test is over adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions. After Chase finished going through the slide show, Nanaw went through it. The content is difficult, and Nanaw will have Chase go through it again on Monday, when she studies with him. They didn't work on the hobbit worksheet for chapter 5; they'll work on that on Monday. Mama and Chase gave Nanaw a two-toed sloth named Hoffman for Valentine's Day. He's a sloth at the Zoo, and Nanaw is now supporting him. Nanaw stayed for dinner for Valentine's Day, and she had Caesar salad from Imo's. Mama and Daddy had sausage and bacon pizza from Imo's, and Chase had provel cheese bites and cheese garlic bread because he doesn't like Imo's thin crust pizza. Nanaw gave Mama and Daddy Ferraro Rocher candy and Twizzlers Bites for Valentine's Day, and she gave Chase $20 worth of Roblox Robux. On Sunday, Chase and Daddy went to church, and then they all had an adventure. They went out to Silex so Chase could visit with his cousin Elias, which made Chase very happy. He'd been disappointed because the sleepover at Cole's house had been postponed due to more people being sick. Mama said Chase and Elias played hockey and basketball and on the trampoline; she sent Nanaw a picture of them playing hockey. She also sent Nanaw a picture of Fluffy, Cesi's big fluffy cat. Elias has a cat he named Monster Truck LOL Mama said Chase had a great time, and he must have worn himself out because he slept in the back seat of Dad's truck on the way home. Nanaw/s basement leaked again yesterday, and Uncle Mike came over today to clean it up. He's a hero!

Tuesday, February 10, Wednesday, February 11, Thursday, February 12, and Friday, February 13, 2026

Chase missed two more days of school this week -- Tuesday and Wednesday. He went back to school on Thursday, still with a cough. Each day he was off, Nanaw went up to school to the black box to pick up the homework the teachers had left for him. Each, day, the black box was packed to the top, indicating how many boys and girls were out sick. Chase worked really hard to keep up with his homework and to study for upcoming tests. Nanaw was very proud of him and knew how hard it was for him to study when he felt so bad. He had three chapters of the Hobbit to read and do worksheets for. He had two chapters of vocabulary to do and to study for next Wednesday's test. There were two science tests and a religion test, plus a grammar test and a geography test. He took some of the tests and will take the rest next week. Mama said she should have bought some Vick's, and Nanaw said she had some, and she put it on Chase. He said it helped with his sore throat and cough. His friend Brady was out three days with influenza B. Nanaw bought an electric blanket from Amazon like Mama and Chase have, and Chase wanted to try it out. On Wednesday, Chase went to Brittany for a haircut, and Nanaw took a picture. There was a sleepover and a session at Main Event planned for Chase's friend Cole's birthday but it was still up in the air. Cole had a fever last night but managed to get through school on Friday. So Chase is waiting to see if it happens or if it's postponed. On Friday night, Chase, Mama and Daddy were supposed to go out to dinner with Chase's hockey team at a place in South County called Hot Shots. But Chase wasn't sure if he felt well enough to go. Nanaw is waiting to hear what happened. Chase hasn't had much of an appetite or eaten much while he's been sick so Nanaw is going to wait until the end of the month to weigh and measure him because she's sure he's lost weight. Mama is going to fix a Valentine's dinner Saturday night, and she invited Nanaw. Nanaw hopes Chase gets his appetite back and eats something. Nanaw is going to go over early, before dinner, to study with Chase. They're going to work on the Hobbit chapter 5 worksheet, vocabulary chapter 21, and the geography notes. Mama asked Uncle Mike about Valentine's Day, and he said he and Aunt Becky had ordered dinner from Paul's: steak, twice-baked potatoes, salad and a cookie. Yum! Nanaw put up Valentine magnets on her gnome plaques.

Monday, February 9, 2026

Mama texted Nanaw on Monday to tell her that Chase wasn’t going to school. He coughed all night, his throat was hurting so she was going to get him into see the doctor. She got an appointment with his primary care doctor at 10 a.m. He doesn’t have Covid or strep throat and they didn’t test for flu because it’s too late to give him anything for it. Uncle Mike came over and he and Nanaw took down the Christmas tree. Then they went to Home Depot for vertical blinds but they didn’t have any. They found some at Menards but it took a long time to cut them down. Nanaw was sorry to leave Chase by himself so long. She texted him to see how he was doing and he said he was okay. On their way home, Nanaw and Uncle Mike stopped by Chase’s school to get his homework out of the box. When Nanaw gets home, he’s going to work on his Hobbit chapter 2 worksheet. Nanaw doesn’t know if he’s going to do any sports tonight.

Thursday, February 5, Friday, February 6, Saturday, February 7, and Sunday, February 8, 2026

Chase seemed better in Thursday, which made Mama and Nanaw happy. They worry about the bug when he’s not feeling well or not in a good mood. After school, Chase told Nanaw that he thought he got a 100 on today’s math test. At Nanaw’s house, Chase studied for his religion test. There are quizlets online for the religion textbook. Chase went through the quizlet twice and got all the answers correct both times. Mama has been making caricatures on ChatGPT, and she sent the two below — very cute. On Friday, Mama had a best friend adventure with Auntie LaLa. Mama took the afternoon off and they went to different bars and restaurants. Then they stayed at a hotel. Mama said they had a wonderful time. On Saturday, when Mama got home from her adventure, she said Chase wasn’t feeling well. He played in his hockey game and they won 4 to 0. When they got home, he said his throat hurt and he got into bed. Mama said he really likes his new electric blanket and that might be one of the reasons he was in bed. Mama said he went to his workout but then did a lot of chilling the rest of the day. For dinner, he wanted Thai House. On Sunday, Chase said his throat was still hurting. He and Daddy went to church, but Chase didn’t play in his hockey game. Daddy went to the game while Mama and Chase stayed home. Mama invited Nanaw over for dinner and the Super Bowl game. Mama fixed roast beef in the crockpot, garlic knots, and gluten free biscuits for Nanaw. Nanaw brought shrimp for Daddy and her. Mama and Chase watched the Super Bowl, and Nanaw worked on Days of Chase in the living room  with them.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

On Wednesday morning, Chase didn’t have anything to study for before school. But he will have on Friday. He has a religion then and needs to do as well as he can. He got an 80 on a past test, and he had to try to bring that grade up. His vocabulary packet is also due on Friday. After school today, for homework Chase had an English worksheet and a geography map due tomorrow. He also has a math quiz tomorrow. As he was working, he suddenly went into the bathroom and threw up. He came back and studied a little more, then threw up again. Nanaw is very worried about him and hopes his old stomach problems haven’t started up again. In the evening, she texted Mama, asking how Chase was doing, and Mama texted back: “ He did all his homework, ate soup, laid down for a few minutes and then talked on the phone - maybe to Tuck.  We don’t know what’s going on.  Will asked if anything was bothering him or if he wanted to back off of sports - like is he burned out? He said no, nothing is wrong.  So we don’t know.”

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Chase was feeling much better on Tuesday morning and was in a much better mood. He ate his regular breakfast but without the chocolate milk. Mama brought a new flavor of Premier Protein for Nanaw to try: Chocolate Strawberry. Nanaw thought it was delicious and told Mama it reminded her of the ice cream they had for Mama's birthday. After school, Chase showed his homework to Nanaw. He had the chapter 1 worksheet for The Hobbit plus several English worksheets about adverbs. He still hasn't done the math assignment he missed from yesterday when he was out. Nanaw will remind him about again tomorrow morning so he can bring his math book home and work on it. After they were finished looking at homework, Chase and Nanaw did Wordle together, as a race. And Chase won! Nanaw is going to have to step up her game to keep up with him. Mama sent a picture of her Copilot Bot group at work to Chase and Nanaw. The three Bots in the group are named Al, Betty and Charlie (for ABC). Mama's outfit was red, she had a picture of Sam on her shirt so she was easily identified as Charlie. Because Nanaw liked the Chocolate Strawberry flavor of Premier Protein for Nanaw, Mama bought her a pack of them as a present -- Yum!