Sunday: school

 Today we got another email from the school.  It gave us some information, but seemed like an email to let us know more information would be coming...again.

I've been waiting for this email because we have stuff to pick up for school and school starts in a week.  We were at least given the dates and times (Thursday and Friday, 5-7pm) we will be able to come, although no information as to whether we need to sign up for a slot or anything like that.  (That email will come on Tuesday.)  Oh well, at least progress is being made.

Saturday: plug

 We finally changed a plug that hasn't worked well for years.  It's one of those things I should have done a long time ago, but just never got around to it.

Isaac helped.  He got to learn about the fuse box and did several of the wire changes.

I changed the color from almond to white, which looks much better.  Although I'm not sure if it looks better enough to change the other sockets.

Friday part 2

I completely forgot the "excitement" of today.  

I was upstairs and Joshua was downstairs.  He started crying.  He had been a bit touchy earlier, so I ignored it.  After a minute Isaac said something, so I hollered down and asked if he could come upstairs.

As he reached the top of the steps, he said that there was a marble stuck in his throat.  First thing I realized: he's still breathing easily so it's serious but not that serious.  But now what?  We packed up and headed to the ER.

About three minutes down the road Joshua said it felt better.  I pulled over and called the phone nurse to see what we should do.  Luckily, we didn't have to go in for an x-ray.  Unluckily, we have to check his poop for a marble.

I think Joshua will have to do the first check for the marble; it sends like a fitting consequence.

Friday

 We heard back from Isaac's teacher.  She's one of a pair of teachers that Isaac will have, which makes me feel much better.

Thursday: school of all sorts

Today was the second day of classes.  Students did a better job of keeping masks over their noses, but there were still two (4%) that had a hard time.  While I'd like to think it's getting better, there's also been some ...deserved drama... amongst the faculty about students congregating without masks.  I'd like to be optimistic that we'll be able to finish out the semester, but I realized I don't have a feel for anything other than the few hours I'm there.  Also, the second class was slow again.  I'm going to need a new plan for them.

Isaac and Joshua got their teacher assignments!  It came with a list of supplies to get, which I've been waiting for.  Isaac's class has 29 virtual learners and 10 in-person learners.  What what???  I could understand a *slightly* larger virtual class, but why does a 3rd grade class have 39 students?  I'm concerned but guessing there is a reason, even if I don't like the reason.  We weren't given info like that for Joshua's class.  The good news is that both teachers are at the boys' school.  We were only promised that the teachers would be within the school association, so that was good news.  It would be nice to have a date for picking up supplies from the school since school starts in just over a week, but I suppose one thing at a time.

Wednesday

 It was a nice day today, although pretty normal.

We got a bit more of our classroom set up.  Joshua is pretty excited about his desk, although I'm going to add something soft to one of benches yet.  They also got their mice, so those went on the tables right away.  Now it's just too bad that we don't actually know many details about school.  We get several emails that information is coming, but few emails that actually contain information.  I know they're busy and have many more details to consider than I need to worry about, but it's a bit annoying too.

This is Joshua showing me his acid monster pose.

Tuesday: first day of school

 I started work today.

It went better than I was expecting.  All the students were wearing masks, but about 10% of them had a hard time keeping them over their noses.  Of these 10% it ranged from not seeming to care to having the mask bother them and they'd fiddle with it and a few minutes later remember it should be over their nose.

The second class was surprisingly behind though.  The first class ended with about 15 minutes to practice on their own.  In the second class I skipped several things and there was only about five minutes to practice.  I know there were a few more questions in the second class, but I'm usually not that far off between classes.  It was somewhat flustering.