Sunday: neck

Today was a pretty normal day: church, naps, games, Legos.  However, I have a weird ache in the back right of my upper neck.  I'm not sure I've ever realized this muscle existed, let alone have any idea how I managed to hurt it.  It isn't a big ache but without medicine it's enough to be periodically annoying.

Saturday: more pick-a-brick

We continued working on our pick-a-brick creations today.

Joshua: Made a portal-potty.  You have to pay a million dollars but then you go through a portal.  There is a toilet on the other side of the portal.  Then you're in another world with a cool apartment and void snakes.

Amanda: didn't do much more on my boat except add some flags.  I also made a sea serpent.  I couldn't get a mean face, so Joshua helped me with the story...it is the captain's pet because she saved the sea serpent from a cage when it was young.  When saving the sea serpent I also got instructions for a lost treasure.  Then I just put a few pieces together because I was done but everyone else was still finishing up.  Then I gave it to Joshua as asked him what it was and he immediately said a boat.  ...And it totally was.  It was probably the best boat that was made, all on accident.

Isaac: finished his theater.  He spent a lot of time on the seats.  He also fleshed out the story for the sea serpent.  He kept getting "mad" at Ben when he made changes to his boat or added his sea serpent.

Ben: finished his skeleton pirate ship and then added a sea serpent head.  It is a mean sea serpent though.

Friday: snow day

The boys enjoyed their snow day!  Ben still had a vacation day, so we pulled out some pick-a-brick Legos.  Ben and I both made boats, Isaac made a theatre with tiny boats modeled after Ben and mine, and Joshua made a transporter with an elaborate backstory.  This is my boat.  It is going to an island with a treasure chest.

We went rock climbing in the afternoon.  Isaac completed his first Rock Wall of the Week, so then he got to write his name on the paper of people that have completed it.

I had Black Belt Boot camp this evening.  It was 1.5 hours of review of the beginning skills.  I remembered a lot, but there were also a lot of things that I had forgotten.  It was a little hard because I wasn't feeling great, but I survived.  

Thursday: back home

Today was a normal day again.  We got home a bit later than I was hoping, but not absurdly late last night.  I got several things ready for an early morning and then we went to bed.  I still wasn't feeling great today, but I'm not feeling terrible either.  Luckily, it was an easy teaching day.  There was a lot of other stuff to do though, so the day went quickly.

The weather was weird.  It was a snow/sleet mix.  The roads weren't bad, but they weren't getting plowed very quickly either.  I think because of the freezing that will happen overnight the kids have a snow day tomorrow!  It was only supposed to be a half day, so it isn't a huge change.  (Although there was one thing that I was hoping Isaac would bring home to work on over the weekend to make up some work.  I guess he'll have to work on it next week.)

Thursday: flight

 We left for Disney today!  As normal, I was a bit stressed out ahead of time, even though everything was under control.  Our flight was about forty minutes delayed, but we got there without problems.  Our baggage took forever to come though.  There were three Frontier flights that all came in at about the same time and it was rough.

But the kids held it together well and we got to the hotel without real problems.  After the plane takes off the stress comes off.  So it was a good day, despite my unfounded worries.

Wednesday: normal

It was a pretty normal day.  I worked down my to-do list with pretty good success.  There's always more to do, but I was happy with my progress.  I took a nap, I enjoyed my book.  The kids went rock climbing.  Joshua got mad at me and I'm not really sure why.  He was back to normal within a half hour though, so whatever.  I went to GEMS.  There were a bunch of teachers gone (most expectedly) and it changed the whole dynamic.

Tuesday: done

The day started out ok, but just before my first class I found out my TA quit.  I'm not really surprised; it was too early for him.  However, the offer of coming until I could find someone else would have been appreciated.

The day was normal from there.  Dealt with emails.  Taught another class.  Brought Isaac to piano.  I didn't take a nap during piano lessons because my book was too good.  Made dinner.  Had my karate test.  I guess that wasn't normal.  But it mostly felt like a normal class because they taught us well.  I'm tired now and think I'm rambling.  I'm going to go to bed on the early side, but we'll see if I fall asleep on the early side.