Tuesday: running around

This morning didn't really go as planned.  The first class...just made some mistakes during lecture and it took both me and the TA quite a while to get everyone on track.  Then my laptop (with the notes and zoom) died.  I rushed through the last part of class, but phew, it was a rough one.  (The second class was about 15 minutes faster, which considering the whole class is only 80 minutes is quite a bit!)

I knocked my water bottle off my desk during lunch.  It broke.  But it wasn't really keeping my hot water hot nor was it easy to drink from, so maybe it's for the best.

It was a driving day.  I did a lot of shuttling people around.  Isaac did mention that he's not getting all of his lunch eaten because he's talking at lunch.  I think he talks to people more than I realize and is just a quiet social person.  After years of him playing by himself on the playground this seems perfect to me.  He can be by himself but he can still interacts well.  At least, I hope that's what is happening.

Joshua had a slightly bad day again.  Not as bad as yesterday, but there are just somethings he doesn't enjoy at school and he seems to fixate on those a bit.

We took a short bike ride after school because Isaac had finished most of his homework (yay!).  Isaac tried out his new bike and it worked well.  It's probably slightly too big for him, but not unsafe.  You can see Joshua way up in front; he worked really hard to go fast on his tiny bike.

And I'm exhausted.  Perhaps because it was a busy day, perhaps because I haven't slept super well the last few nights.  I'm contemplating going to bed early, but it takes effort to get out of the chair and move.  I could also just sit here a little longer.

Monday: success

I got up the shelves in the storage room and man-handled the filing cabinet into position.

We've decided to put some small shelves above the filing cabinet while we're at it, because why not.  Otherwise it's really a waste of space.  I also finished sorting out all the decluttering stuff from this summer that the boys gave me from their bedrooms.  I threw out, recycled, and donated a ton of stuff, but I still have quite a few things that still need to be dealt with.  Some of them will be returned to their original locations or correct homes, some will be regrouped with their other pieces, and some...will be dealt with.  Those are the ones that scare me the most.

Joshua had a rough day today.  Nothing all that big went wrong, but a lot of little things.  Therefore, I didn't make him (and Isaac) eat the dinner that I had planned on for tonight.  It's a small thing, but I really felt like "one more thing" might make him lose it.  He didn't fight me on the chores at least.

Saturday: rock show

Isaac and I went to the local rock show today.  It was fun.  It's amazing how many colors and shapes rocks come in.  Isaac decided to buy a geode and have it cracked open in front of him.

We also had some friends over for games after dinner.  Isaac had a really bad first game but handled it ok.  He did well the second game.  Overall it was a fun time.

Friday: shelves and thieves

This morning I went for a walk with Cheryl.  The sun was surprisingly hot and there was a lot of wildlife movement because of that.

                              

Isaac helped me with the second shelf this afternoon.  I had marked the holes for drilling, so he did the drilling (the first time with the powered drill!), hammered in the anchors, and started putting the screws in.  I also suspended the shelf with rope, and that helped the whole process tremendously.

Last night Joshua came down because he had gotten scared of his audiobook.  This happens on a regular basis - the books at night need to have no scary elements.  This one surprised me a bit because he was about 95% done with the book, but it mentioned something about thieves trying to break in and that is definitely one of his scary topics.  So we talk a bit and then 

J: What are the different levels of thieves?

A: what?

J: the different levels.  Like robber, bandit, thief

...so then I try to explain the differences between them and that they aren't really different levels per se while trying to make it all really not scary.

Thursday: tired

The day was rather normal.  Classes went well.  Joshua's piano lesson got canceled, so the evening was less busy than expected.

I was so tired after I got home from dropping Isaac off for rock climbing.  Joshua kept talking to me and I kept trying to respond, but I'm not sure it worked all that well.

Yup.  That's about all for the day.

Wednesday: a shelf

Today was the first time in quite a while that I had nothing on the calendar.  So I started out the day finishing some chores, of course: clean the kitchen, finish Isaac's bike and clean up, clean the bathrooms, deal with some small items.

Then, instead of dealing with some of my list I continued working on O:CtH.  I put up a wire shelf.  It took a bit longer than I was hoping but not much longer than I was expecting.  I was going to take a picture but now I'm too lazy to go get one.  It looks nice.  I have two more to put up and I'm hoping to have the kids help at least a little bit.

Sometimes days are all about chores, so after nap time (with Grey Bear) I continued working on things on the list.  These items I wasn't really expecting to get to, so I'm feeling like the day was a success.  It's amazing how successful (or not) some days feel based on how much I finish.  It probably shouldn't be that way, but here I am.

Tuesday: the normal busy of a Tuesday

Tuesdays are pretty busy, but at the same time once I get home a little before dinner I'm home for the night and that's really nice.

Classes went fine.  I went for a walk at lunch time with a friend.  Isaac had PATH, and it seemed to go a bit better than last time.  Ben ended up picking up Joshua so I was able to take Isaac to rock climbing and let him stay a bit longer than normal.

There's a lot of things I want to do tomorrow (like normal), but I'm hoping that I can stop with those items mid-morning to work on O:CtH - small storage room.