Sunday: shorts

 I really like summer wear because it takes so long for the boys to grow out of it.

My six year old is still wearing 24m shorts...with darts in them.

To be fair, there have been some shorts lately that have looked too short.  Mostly on Isaac or pajamas on Joshua though.

Friday: in pictures

 Tornado was cute.

Isaac put a bunch of pencil spots on his leg.

The cats sat in the clean laundry.

Grey Bear joined up for a walk "in case something scary" happened.  I'm not sure what was going through his mind, but I'm always happy to have Grey Bear join us.

Thursday: starting them early

 I started Joshua on two monitors today for school.  There was a book he had to listen to and then put 10 animals in the correct order as seen in the book.  I'm not sure that's something that I could do without a lot of back and forth.  I know kindergartners can have a surprising memory, but he got the order wrong once and needed to redo it.  So I set him up so that he could have the story on one and do the activity on the other.

Isaac did an excellent job of keeping himself on track today.  There was a lot of stuff that he wasn't very excited about, but he kept at it without prompting.

I actually made dinner today.  (Actually, I made two dinners but one needs to marinate for a day or so.)  It was a new recipe and way to salty.  Oh well.  I at least tried something different.

Wednesday: masks

 Everyone is wearing masks at Hope.  It's good.  However, I've realized that I'm made assumptions about what the students look like under the mask and when I video chat with them they almost always look different.  It is a weird feeling.  Some faces get wider, some faces get narrower.  Ok, I haven't done a video chat with a ton of students, but enough that it's weird.

I'm giving a quiz tomorrow and it's turning into a small nightmare.  Out of 46 students, I think I'm up to eight (maybe nine?) that can't be in class or can't take it during class.  The plan that I had was good when I just needed to deal with a few students, and it isn't terrible for many students, but I think I need a different one for the next quiz.  The number ballooned rather quickly, catching me off guard.  (Please keep in mind that there are a large variety of reasons for the students to not be in class: they are not all COVID related.  I usually have at least two or three students that need to take it at another time.)

The other news is that Isaac signed his first check today.  It's next to a Lego set that he bought with some of the money and he and Joshua have been playing with it all day.

Tuesday: dress

 Cheryl got me a new dress.  She said it hollered "Amanda" to her and she was completely right.  It has books on it and I cut the style.

In other news, Isaac's teacher is letting me be in charge of his math homework again.  I am going with the slightly easier route of buying a pre-algebra workbook instead of making my own pages.  I know it isn't quite as engaging, but this is what needs to happen this semester.

I also ordered groceries, finally!  The house still has plenty of food, but the shelves are looking more bare than normal.

Monday: meh

 It was just a meh day.  Nothing really bad, nothing really good.  I'm trying to get remote desktop into a PC set up for a Mac and I couldn't figure it out.  It's a bit awkward because everyone I work with has little experience with Macs and almost all the students have macs.  To make the class work with COVID isolation and quarantine in a few weeks I need to have it up and running, but I couldn't get it and CIT was surprisingly unhelpful.  (They're usually great.)  I have the request in to someone else, but feel like a bother.

Isaac had a dentist appointment.  Joshua had karate.  Several of the observers didn't have masks or weren't wearing them correctly and it makes me feel unsafe.  If it continues I'll mention it, but don't really feel like I have the authority to say something.  I just moved to a different location. (People are spread out well, but...)

I feel about two steps behind and that I'm missing something major.  I think rather than that actually being the case it is just how the semester is going to feel.  Multi-tasking is hard.  I'm trying to accomplish teaching-work, house-work, Isaac's school, Joshua's school, and remembering miscellaneous things all at the same time (often very literally).  It's usually more compartmentalized.  If I remind myself of this sometimes maybe it'll help.

Sunday: play

 I moved Isaac's bed into Joshua's room this morning.  I put it at a 90º angle under Joshua's loft.  I was immediately reprimanded by the boys because it wasn't good for jumping.  After being annoyed at them because moving the bed would take up so much floor space I let them do it anyway.  Jumping commenced.

Joshua tried a new recipe today: Crispex with tasty water.  He didn't like it.

We helped Larry and Cheryl move some things from the boat to their house today.  The boys especially loved the wagon.