Today it was Joshua's loveys' birthdays. It was Grey Bear's 50th and everyone elses' 1st.
We also packed some bags for Kids' Food Basket.
After we got home Joshua was a bit sad, but willing to snuggle on my lap as a rock. Normally he just hides in his room, so I'm hoping this is a new thing we can do.
We had games with our grad school friends!
This was my favorite T-shirt competition.
We also booked a vacation with them for this summer!! Woo-hoo!!
Isaac finally pulled out some gummy Legos and made lots of things with them. Before I realized it he had sent about six pictures to his teacher, which was a bit excessive.
Joshua was excited to find a piece of gold in his Leprechaun trap. (It was a coin from an arcade that I had sitting around.) He made a pot of gold to hide it in.
Sunday night was capped by the death of a coworker. While I wouldn't call her a close friend, we did always stop to chat for a minute in the hallway when we saw each other and there was a relationship.
Grieving yesterday felt muffled. I was at home and the family didn't know her. They went about their day as normal. I've noticed this with the few deaths that have happened this year. It seems as though there should be more mourning, but it can be hard to do so when circumstances are already so weird this year.
Today all feelings felt muted. Oh, except for the time Joshua spilled water on our good laptop. Those feelings were loud. (It is currently drying and I'm optimistic, but we'll see.) It's been a hard few weeks, and so not having many feelings was a relief.
Every day is different, so we'll see how tomorrow goes.
The boys decided to do Lego fights with me this morning. They always look a little different, but always consist of some Lego item coming upstairs to attack me. Today I also got a lot of loot from them. So much loot that it was about two handfuls.
At one point I started hiding in between attacks because...well, it isn't really a fun game. Joshua decided to hide with me because at that point he was on my side. So he took a blanket from the couch and put it in a place where it normally isn't. Then he proceeded to put his head, but not his arms, under the blanket to hide better. I just smiled and took a picture.
Isaac had his eye appointment today. I remembered to go, so that's a bonus. His eyes are great!
Yesterday I had a student who managed to hide their excel file while working on their exam. (Instead of freezing rows.) It took us five minutes, but we eventually found the file back. The same thing happened today to a student while taking a make-up exam on zoom. Her level of stress immediately went through the roof, but I knew what had happened and was able to walk her through it. It wasn't stress-free, but I at least knew how to guide her.
Isaac is making a zoo-under-construction. They let all the animals in too early.
