Monday, May 24, 2021
Monday
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Sunday: in pictures
Ben grilled some steaks for us. I think it's the first time we've actually grilled steaks, and they were delicious. At least, they were delicious for the adults. The kids didn't appreciate their few bites.
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Saturday: the good and the bad
Friday, May 21, 2021
Friday: freezer
Thursday: dishwasher
Well, we got one more load through the dishwasher before it died again. Now the control panel doesn't respond and the drains continuously if it's closed. I have the power to it off overnight to see if we can get another cycle. :)
In the meantime, we purchased another dishwasher. Of course, the one(s) I wanted weren't in stock so it'll be over a week until it gets installed. However, I feel much more able to handle this today (now that grades are put in) versus Monday (when I wasn't sure if my graders were going to finish their part).
The really big news, though, is that I went to the store without a mask. To be fair, I went two times. The first time the boys were with me and so I wore my mask because it doesn't seem fair to not wear it when they have to. The second time the boys weren't with me though, so I decided to live daringly and not wear it. After so many dreams of not remembering my mask, it was weird to purposefully not wear it.
(Who would have thought, two years ago, that this picture would be big news? Oh look, you're smiling in a store. What's so abnormal about that?)
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Wednesday: this and that
I stubbed my little toe this morning. It is still a bit sore. It doesn't really hurt, but I still notice it.
One of Joshua's lessons at school today was that somethings you have to give away things even if it's hard. Then he asked, "Do I have to give away Grey Bear?" I responded with a probably not, but there might be some circumstances where it would be the best thing to do. Tears were threatening so I said (hopefully) comforting things like 'we'd try to give a different stuffed animal first' and 'I don't really see any circumstances where we'd actually have to give away Grey Bear.' Grey Bear got some hugs and I think Joshua calmed down.
I also wanted to show my karate partner. He really likes to come and lay on the mat during my class. It's sometimes a small problem, but mostly fun. He's pretty consistent and will come back multiple times if I accidently scare him away in the middle.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Tuesday: worries
Joshua came down after bedtime and seemed a bit worried. He had already been down a few times complaining about how there weren't any books he wanted to read. It ended up slightly different.
J: I kind of wonder this every night, but are pirates going to come tonight?
A: Nope, no pirates.
J: How do you know?
A: We don't live by pirates.
J: Oh, ok!
If only all worries were so easy to deal with. :)
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Our power went out right before the boys started their second meetings of the day. It took me a few minutes to figure out, but I realized I could use my phone as a hotspot and then they could both go to their meetings. Luckily the power turned back on after about a half hour, because the phone wasn't going to last long enough for them to do the whole day. I was rather worried that it wasn't going to come on in a timely manner because it never showed up on the outage map.
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Isaac finished his math NWEA today with a rather high score. After dinner I made an off-hand comment to Ben about calculating the standard deviations and Isaac was curious to know what that meant.
So Isaac got a math lesson in standard deviations. The lesson never returned to his test score, so he knows he did well, but probably not how well.