
Another day filled with all sorts of things to learn from. Slept in and although I have planned to do something with Tommy, I felt frustrated that my day might be filled running errands while what I really wanted to do was just relax, read, and mentally drift. He/I went to get his card from pano and breakfast at bagel basket. He caught onto my undertone of irritation and, to his credit, maturely called out out, expressed his own sense of being caged for the past two days and even acknowledged his own contributions to my irritation. It took some back/forth but was quickly validated both ways and off we went into the day. He bought a huge beanbag chair for his room, and a boosted board, and he is fully settling into his room at Matson. I'm happy he's feeling good while still want him to embrace his mom more. Maybe that'll come in November. We pulled the plug on the Minnesota trip. I just don't consider the risks worth the small chance anything would go wrong. We'll reschedule for May 2021. We got the good news late-afternoon that Jen's Covid test was negative. Whew. Definitely a close call and a wake up call, too. Time to be more aggressive. He spent the afternoon and evening with friends from the neighborhood, which I know he really enjoys. I opt'd to put on some Chet Baker in the living room, turned on the fireplace candles and turned off the TV so I could just mentally drift and read. I guess everything worked out ok after all.