Monday: today

Things are getting better over here.  Everyone is mostly healthy.  Everyone got out of the house today, which was sorely needed.  There still seems to be some discontent (from everyone) but we're working through it.

Joshua helped me make lasagna today...one of Ben's favorites from grouping up.  It's the first time I've made lasagna, so it was a bit of a learning experience.  After cooking it Joshua said, "Yummy!  I love this!" and proceeded not to eat much.  He realized that he does the same thing with pizza this weekend..."I love pizza but don't eat it."  We also have been getting a lot of "yummy in my toes" lately.

Sunday: better, again

Joshua seemed better again today.  Not perfect, as the cough was producing a lot of stuff, but it just seemed like a cough.  I do think everyone was a bit grumpy from not getting out enough in the last week though.  Hopefully tomorrow we'll be mostly back to normal.

I'm not sure anything else significant happened.  We made it through. 

Saturday: here we go again

Today Joshua was sick.  I don't think it's the same thing that Isaac had; I think it's croup.  His breathing is very labored.  His cough isn't as barky as it has been in the past though.

But he managed to run a fever a bit today, so we're back to the one-parent-one-kid-do-the-fun-stuff-this-weekend plan.

Friday: better

Isaac was better today.  Ben and I both noticed it in the short time that we were with him this morning; he was running around and being silly again.  Phew; I'm glad that's done.

My last exam was given this morning.  I actually feel on top of grading for once this semester.  I still have about 7 exams to grade and some grades to put in - probably about 2 hours worth.  I even got a small start on dealing with next semester's classes.

We went to see the Last Jedi this afternoon.  It was excellent.

Thursday: slightly better?

Isaac seemed somewhat better today.  He still had a fever though, so no school tomorrow either.  He did get some blood drawn for testing and he was not thrilled about that at all.  His appetite seems to be back, especially when I said the word 'donut'.

I had a few errands to do today that didn't involve the kids getting out of the car too much, so we did get out of the house.  Ben was having some testing done, so we also went to visit him and the boys poked their noses into everything.

And here is Joshua, fully enjoying he screen time.

Wednesday: still sick

Isaac is still sick today.  It actually got worse; he was often on Ibuprofen and Tylenol and still had a low fever often.  When it wasn't getting close to the next dose he was doing pretty well though.

He is surprisingly optimistic about the whole thing.  I'll ask how he's doing and he usually says, "somewhat good" or "a little good" or "mostly good".  So I'll then check his temperature and he'll have a fever and I'm not sure why he doesn't say, "a bit bad," because that's what I would be saying.

We finally opened the paper that came with the easel we got when Isaac was born.

He has been taking a nap every day, but doesn't seem overly sleepy.

Joshua and I made factories.  A ketchup factory, a leaf factory (the leaves drop down and have to walk to the bowl, where they become salad), a cheese factory, and ice factory (not pictured).  He had previously made a milk machine (on the left).

Tuesday: a snow day

Ahh, it was a weird day.

Isaac had a snow day today.  It wasn't a great day for it since I was working, but we had made some back up plans with Cheryl the night before in case Isaac was sick.  So he still had a place to go that he enjoyed.  (The roads were rather bad though.  It took me 45 minutes to drop everyone off and get to work when it should have been closer to 20/25 minutes.)

I had an exam in the morning.  I usually prep in the morning and teach in the afternoon, so my whole day was thrown off.

At noon I got a text saying that Isaac had a fever again.  That meant we needed to go to the doctor, and I completely forgot about an appointment at school that I had made.  (Not a huge deal, but inconsiderate of me.)  The doctor isn't really sure what Isaac has.  It isn't strep and it isn't meningitis.  But it's real because his lymph nodes are huge.  We're at a waiting stage.

We pick up Joshua and go home.  I park the car in the road and shovel a path for the boys to walk to the house.  Isaac goes to the path and starts walking up.  Joshua runs right around the car and directly into a snow bank.  After three steps he falls flat on his face.  I don't know why he didn't go to the path...I told them several times.

Isaac fell asleep at 7pm on the couch and stayed there for about five hours.  He woke up really sad because he still wanted books.  We were still awake, so he got some books.

...I still have quite a bit of grading to do.