Saturday 10th

• Hugh: looking through Minimalist Baker cookbook (from the library), decided he would rather cook Thai Baked Sweet Potatoes than the ricepaper rolls on the menu plan for tonight; I was happy to encourage him in this conviction
• Dan: writing their long, long fanfic – currently at 9500 words
• Hugh: cooked dinner with Eric; decided it was a keeper for Mum’s Saturday night off cooking (with a few tweaks to the sauce)

Sunday 11th

• Hugh: cooked Chicken Scallopini; watched Angel with Eric
• Dan: story is up to 10500 words; has spent hours researching the differences between modern weddings and what would have been current in France in 1832 (including C18th traditions) in order to write a wedding scene

Monday 12th

• Hugh: helped me with menu planning, picked a meat meal for Thursday as well as his usual chicken dish for Sunday
• Dan: finished the first (of four) chapters last night and is having a day off writing; instead has been reading fanfic and researching Orestes and Pylades and their use as a metaphor for homosexuality in C18th and C19th literature (canonical Les Mis reference for Enjolras)
• D&H: discussing with the rapier crew whether we can move youth rapier to Sunday afternoons instead of Monday nights
• D&H: played a game called Heads Up! where you have to guess the item on the card you are holding up, from the other players’ clues

Tuesday 13th

• Hugh: made himself another batch of the sauteed chickpeas from Saturday’s meal and finished the last sweet potato boat for lunch
• Hugh: swimming teacher sick so no lesson, but he went swimming for fun anyway, then had chips at the Trading Post with Daddy
• Hugh: doing the latest chemistry kit with Eric

Wednesday 14th

• Dan: headspace appointment
• Hugh: cooked Thai Peanut Burgers for lunch – is loving the Minimalist Baker Everyday Cooking recipe book, we may have to buy a copy
• Dan: singing lesson – Eleanor wants them to sing in a joint concert between TNV students and Huon Valley Theatre in September; also their AMEB certificate arrived!
• Hugh: learning more about pixel art and animating sprites for a game he is working on with an online friend
• Hugh: sent him link to a Kingborough Youth Services Cooking Masterclasses program starting at the end of August – he was interested so I have made further inquiries

Thursday 15th

• Dan: is feeling worse again, did not make it to derby this afternoon, but still wanted to go to the slam poetry heats in the evening(did not compete but enjoyed themselves in the audience)
• Dan: I sent them a link to a Guardian series on 400 Years of Slavery: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/400-years-of-slavery
• Hugh: continued learning about pixel art and animation, using online tutorials and Discord advice channel
• Hugh: cooked Mince Stroganoff for dinner for him and Eric

Friday 16th

• Hugh:
• Dan: