Today I

• Rowed my practice in a very strong rain.  Adrian was missing but we picked him up on the dock after the early warm up.  We practiced formally doing start 5, 5 high, and then shifting up for the next 15.  Were going from 40 on the 5 to 42 for the high.  Feel like we're burning a lot of fuel to do that, but it seems fast.  I'm a bit fearful of the 2k, don't know that I'm as well trained for it as i was last year.  The practice pieces are hard.
• Did a car switch at the boat house with Kel, and took little man straight home, where I fed him fresh cantaloupe and toast with butter and strawberry jam. He did "monster face" with just a verbal cue while I fed him. 
• I tried to put him down for a nap, but after about 45 minutes he suddenly was crying very loudly.  I went in to find he'd thrown all his snuggy toys out of his crib.  He did not want a nap, so we played.  In the garage, I tried him on his walker toys again, and he managed to push while walking on his knees.  That's better than nothing.  I put the wood one with the clattering alligators in the house with him, and he managed a few actual walking steps behind it.  This is a good sign.
• Johann took a spill off the futon while playing with me. He reached for one of the pictures of me and Kel standing on the ground, missed, and started to fall/ roll off the futon.  I reached for him, half caught him in his roll, and ended up spinning him to his back for the fall, which means he hit the back of his head, and scooted into another painting.  I sat there for a few seconds, trying to figure out how to help him, as I couldn't move my hands without letting the paining fall on him. I picked him up and held him, and he cried for a while, but snuggled in.  I felt bad.  I don't think it was a bad bump, but I want to be more careful with situations like that, i just need to be in a better position to catch him.  I was too far away, and lying with him meant I couldn't move fast enough.  
• Kel came home with groceries, I helped put those away, changed the head light on my car, and shared my burrito with little man for lunch.  He went down for a nap, and Kel and I napped together, too.  SHe got up before I did (as always, because I sleep for longer) and cooked a ton of food for the week.  Chicken, paella, quiches.  I enticed her to come back to bed with me.
• Fed mini man a good dinner of chicken, one of his pouches, cheese stick, and avocado.  Kel made an amazing salad with the newly roasted chicken, arugula, blue cheese, avocado, dried cherry, cheery tomato.  It was great.  Johann kept coming by and standing next to me as i ate, so I would pop blue cheese or avocado in his mouth.  He hadn't finished his avocado, but the same avodaco, when mixed in my salad, became interesting.  Kel played the "i can see you" game from the other side of the table, and he laughed.  I crawl followed him down the hall and tickled him.  He laughed.
• Saw Jay and Dianne for beer and ice cream.  Johann loves their light fixture which is like the wind chime.  He also liked some of the girls books, which are a larger form than is own.  He got to try some vanilla and mint chip ice cream.  He liked them, even though the cold was a bit surprising.
• Skyped with Andrew tonight, talking about Tesla, cartels, unions. He hopes to Move to LA, is working towards that.  Has temp work for the next 2 weeks.
• Spent time on the couch with Kelly talking about how important it is to leave some sense of ourselves for the future.  The facebook pictures of the portraits of my great great great grandparents, done int he 1830's has me thinking.  I wonder who they were as people.  I wonder how they thought about things.  I hope this reaches my great great great grandchildren. I hope they'll think well of me, though I'm sure some aspect of my thinking will seem barbaric to them.  I'm doing my best to take care of myself and my family and to make the world better.  It seems hard, there are so many problems, and so many powerful people who are happy with things just how they are.