I definitely had a cold today. I can't say I was miserable, but I wasn't at peak health either.
But besides that it was a good day. Isaac did some of his extra "fun" math and went rock climbing for a while. Joshua is working on a micro desert town and it's looking really cool. Joshua and I also went on a short bike ride and that worked well.
I also took a long nap. It may have been the best part of the day.
Today was fine. One of my chores took way longer than I was hoping and I didn't really finish it either. I did have a nice walk with Cheryl and then lunch with Heather.
I think I'm coming down with a cold; hopefully the one the kids recently had. It disappeared really quickly.
Isaac managed to finish the Rock Wall of the Week this week and he was pumped! It's his second one ever. It was made almost for kids because there were a few spots where being small was helpful instead of a hinderance for once.
1) I realized I didn't have any pictures from the program of the black belt ceremony. I was a bit bummed that a sentence got messed up in mine, but I also know Mrs. Galli was trying really hard to make them all correct and the computer program she was using was fighting her.
2) We got home after Labor Day and the kitchen was a disaster. It was a bit sad because it had been clean earlier that day, but between making food and eating lunch it had devolved. I told Ben I wasn't going to do anything about it that night, and as normal he didn't care. And then he said, but the dishwasher thinks it's clean. And that's why I love him. (The pronoun was vague, but I took it to mean 'the kitchen'.)
Today was back to school. The short week is nice, but things actually start this week. Isaac had his first day of math at Hope College (PATH). He said it went really fast. He's learned some of the material previously though, so hopefully that will help him get into the flow. As expected, there's a lot of work. Hopefully he'll be able to finish a good chunk of it at school.
Isaac was a bit overwhelmed today as a whole though. There are a few transitions to middle school that he's still getting the hang of. I'm fully confident that he'll get into a groove, but it might take a few weeks. (This is also completely understandable. There are a lot of changes this year.)
Joshua took an interactive field trip to the statue of liberty and was very intrigued by it. I heard a surprising amount about it on the way home.
I was just happy that scheduling all went ok. There's a fair amount of driving to do and times to hit. I travelled one stretch of road three times today. Classes went fine too...the first class has been good about asking questions, but the second class was quieter last week. Today they had more questions, and that makes the time go by so much faster.
Happy Labor Day! This morning we did some work, but we also played Space Base. I was convinced that Ben or Isaac was going to win, but then I got some lucky rolls and pulled out the win! I was a bit excited.
We went to Larry and Cheryl's for the later afternoon/evening. The kids enjoyed playing in the water and going tubing. There was also a ton of delicious food and I ate way too much.
We moved on to the science museum in Detroit. It was fine. We ended up spending about four to five hours there so it was worth it, but it also wasn't quite as amazing as I had hoped. (They also canceled our IMAX movie because of the heat the day before. This confused us a lot, but isn't something to argue about.) Anyway, I didn't end up with many pictures, but we still had a fun time.
The timing was actually pretty nice because then we were able to get on the road before things got too busy. I had found a rock shop that was more or less on our way home, so we drove a bit and then took a quick break.
It was exactly what I had been hoping for. Lots of different rocks, a microscope in the back to look at them, and not much "new age" type of stuff. I'd highly recommend it, if you happen to be in the area.
