Thursday: late Halloween

 I was going to make mummy dogs for Halloween but didn't have any crescent rolls.  I got them yesterday and finally made them.  Joshua especially appreciated the eyes.

Wednesday: vaccine

I received my latest COVID vaccine today.  It went rather smoothly and fast compared to some of them.  My arm is a bit sore, but so far that seems like the worst of it.

I also went for a walk with Cheryl today.  The weather is lovely today (and for the next few days).

Oh, I also got groceries today.  I got the vaccine in the middle of grocery shopping which is one reason it went so smoothly.  I don't have much in the way of grocery adventures any more, other than prices have definitely increased.  There are one or two things I have a hard time finding still, but that's not too bad.  The shelves are mostly stocked like normal.

Monday: take 2

Yesterday I got all my 'required' chores done a bit earlier than expected so I worked on the bathroom a bit more.  The shower is looking a ton better, but I'm still a little unhappy with it.  I'm not sure if I need to scrub more or if I'm just not going get it as clean as I'd like.  We'll see.

I also finished going through all the drawers and cabinets.  I was really surprised at how much is leaving as there doesn't seem to be that much storage space and we still have many things in the cabinets.  There's a little box full of recycle, the large box full of trash, and another large box and large bag that is 'deal with'.  About a third of it is old medicine that needs to be properly disposed of, a third is donation, and a third will move somewhere else in the house.

Monday: Halloween

Last Wednesday we went to Trunk Or Treat at church.  We didn't do anything today, and the kids didn't complain about that.

Isaac went as a wizard with a magic orb.  It would light up and not light up, but it was very hard to see.  Ben went as Isaac's servant to carry the potion bottle/candy holder or orb as the wizard deemed necessary.

Joshua went as Squirtle.  He made a Pokeball candy container where the candy dropped down into a bag.  It worked quite well.

Saturday: walk

Joshua had a sleepover with a friend last night.  It went really well.

This afternoon we went for a walk with Aunt C.  We had originally been planning on doing it without the kids on Wednesday, but it was rainy and wet.  Today was much nicer and it was fun to have the boys along too.  We ran across a story walk that made the walk more interactive.

Thursday: barrels, bare, belay

They put up several barrels on the way to the kids' school last week Wednesday or Thursday bringing a two lane direction down to one lane.  (It's especially annoying because the didn't block the turn lane.  There are two left turn only lanes but one of them runs right into the barrels so it's always a bit of a crazy mess.)  The one lane makes it harder, although not impossible, to make a left turn out of the parking lot as I'm leaving the school.  I've opted to go right several times instead.

Then on Wednesday they put up more barrels, bringing the single lane all the way through the parking lot where I drop off the kids.

Today they extended the barrels farther down the other direction, which doesn't really impact me.

Do you know what hasn't happened though?  Any work that would require so many barrels for so long.  They're messing up my routine for nothing.

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Both of my classes were missing a surprising amount of people today.  Several were sick, but several just didn't show up.  Apparently summary functions (COUNTIF, COUNTIFS, AVERAGEIF, SUMIF) just didn't seem that interesting.  It's too bad, because I use COUNTIF all the time and we had a bunch of good review for ANDs, ORs, and VLOOKUP.  Oh, I'm starting to touch on XLOOKUP too, if anyone cares.  Next semester I need to include it more, but this semester I'm trying to get a start on it.

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I took a belay class at our rock climbing place.  I passed and can now belay anyone, although I expect it'll mainly be my kids.  It was more fun than I was expecting.  I have a feeling that we'll get to know everyone there and I'll be on the floor belaying and I'll have my own equipment and...never actually climb on a rock wall.  Although since the kids are members I could go for mostly free once a month.  We'll see what happens.

Tuesday: rain

It was a lovely rainy afternoon.  Luckily, it was just misting when the kids were waiting to be picked up from school.  Shortly thereafter it started raining harder, so Joshua and I had the nice sounds of rain in the car while Isaac had his piano lesson.