Wednesday: first day of break

Well, I only heard that the kids were bored several times today. :p  To be fair, there wasn't much going on this morning anyway.

This afternoon we had stuff to do at least.  We went rock climbing, then I dropped Isaac off to play Dominion while Joshua and I did some errands.  We stopped by the main library and there is a turtle there.  Joshua mentioned that the turtle was following him and I didn't think much of it.  But then Joshua kept walking around the tank and the turtle kept following him...it was not a coincidence!  It turns out that the turtle is getting some medicine on it's shell and it has made the turtle follow all people hoping to get his medicine.

Tuesday: the details

This morning I picked up a food compost bag.  The county takes food scraps for composting and since the worms do the best with fruits and veggies I wanted to give it a try.  We also have a lot of food that needs to be discarded from food boxes we got during the pandemic.  We're just not going to eat it at this point.

The grocery store was rather busy.  Still no mint extract, but everything else was there.

I've found the best way to keep my toes warm during piano lessons is to use my gloves.  They stay warm enough while not getting too hot.

Today was the kids' last day of school!  Isaac had a party and said he had too much sugar, and he came home with a bag of treats.  

Monday: grading, O:CtH

Grades have been entered!  It took me most of the morning to finish up, but I'm now done for a while!

I also cleaned the toaster oven corner of the kitchen.  I started last night, when it was *obviously* the best option of things for me to be doing.  Anyway, it really needed to be cleaned.  I wouldn't really call it clean now, but it is still so, so much better than it was.  I got a lot of the brown cooking residue off the door.  I don't know how to clean up the outside though...I tried a few cleaners and none seemed to work.  So I guess I'll just leave it for now.  

Sunday: low key, sort of

Isaac was kind-of feeling better today, but it's been a weird weekend.  He's developed a cough.  There was no elevated temperature, but there was a bit of a headache.  And he was a lump all morning.  That alone pretty much tells me something is wrong, but nothing hurts.  I'm voting for a bad cold and hoping to send him to school tomorrow.

Joshua was feeling fine (and was very helpful when Isaac needed something).  He made some castles on the couch that he was proud of.  He joined Ben in a Christmas party this evening and it sounded like they both had fun. 

Grading update: it's moving along!  I was woken up early due to Isaac's cough and got a bit more grading done today than expected.  I had been thinking about going to the library tomorrow to work, but right now I think I'm 'close enough' that I can not be too distracted at home.

Saturday: more grading

I wasn't really planning on grading over the weekend, but then I looked at all the stuff I'm supposed to do (work and home-wise) and decided I should do some.  I got a little farther down the list.

Isaac had a low, low fever in the morning and in the evening.  He was doing ok for most of the day though.

It snowed a nice amount today!  I got the snow blower out for the first time of the season and surprisingly didn't have to ask Ben to help me with it.  Usually I can't remember were all the knobs are supposed to go the first time but I got it!  I was oddly proud of myself.

Friday: still grading

I had both my exams today.  The day didn't drag quite as much as I was expecting though, so that was pleasant.  I had two students show up late but not too late and since I knew a different class wasn't coming early for the next exam I still let them have the whole two hours.  Really, I could grade in the classroom or grade in my office, so it was easy enough to do.

During the second exam I got an email from Isaac's teacher that he wasn't feeling well.  There was no fever so he could stay at school, but was looking miserable.  Ben had meetings all day so I tried my other options first.  Aunt C was able to bring him home and he was just snuggled in bed when I got there.  I was rather proud of how he dealt with it, honestly.  It was a weird sickness...no fever, but he was acting like he should have had one.  He finally complained about a headache so I gave him medicine for that.  He perked up a bit after that, but was never 100% and wasn't hungry.

We called off our evening plans.  We didn't need to participate in them so it wasn't a big deal.  The boys played Zelda with Ben and I - you guessed it - graded.  I'm finished with the non-final exam stuff and 1/8 through the final exam.

Thursday: still grading

I did a little grading this morning, then a few things around the house that needed to be done.  I had lunch with co-workers and then was planning on getting a lot of grading done.  However, people actually came to my office hours for some help!  It doesn't happen very often, probably because there are student-run help sessions at better times, so I was oddly excited.  I didn't get the grading done that I was hoping to get done, but there's still plenty of time.

We went to rock climbing after school.  Isaac had a great time because there were a bunch of new routes, but Joshua had a hard time for some reason.  He was in a mood.  At the end he bought himself a cookie and it helped a lot.

Karate was fine.  We worked on forms for the first part, which I enjoy.  Then self-defense, which I don't enjoy.  I understand it's important, but I just don't enjoy it.  At the very end there were a few minutes of dodgeball and it seemed like none of the kids actually went out when they got hit.  It made me more annoyed than it probably should have.

It was pizza pick-up at work today too; they have fun signs.