Saturday: helpful

It was a good day today.  It had been a bit of a week, so we all just stayed home and enjoyed that.  It also felt like we were especially helpful today.  Joshua was willing to find me a Lego piece and bring down a tray, I was willing to go help him wrap a present, we cooperatively helped each other win a game.  I'll admit, it also seemed like a loud day, but for the most part it was a happy loud and so Ben and I don't ask for quiet too much.  Some.  No stomping.  But some of it we let go too.

However, the Christmas Ruiners were not helpful.  I opened another one of my advent calendar doors to find a note that said to open a second door.  No Christmas Ruiners in either door!  I think they all left during the night.

Friday: ahhh

I got to stay home most of the day today.  It was nice - it's been a while.  I did take longer than I hoped writing the final exam, but it's done now.

The Christmas Ruiners and SMTWRFSs didn't do anything last night, but I nailed two of the SMTWRFSs to the wall because they are the ones that always cause the jail breaks.  When I told that to the kids you could tell that Joshua thought I actually nailed them to the wall.

I also finally got some work done on O:CtH - basement bathroom edition.  I only got through one cabinet, but it felt good.  I threw out several items, including an old kid tunnel that we let the cats play with a few times.  They enjoyed it one last time.

Here are some of the pictures of the decorated house.  We spread things out a bit more this year and I really like how it feels slightly less cluttered than normal.

Thursday: more Christmas Ruiners and SMTWRFSs

This morning the SMTWRFSs were stealing presents, again.  They got them to the table and were taking them away.

I then got a box from Isaac who said it seemed like an Advent calendar from the Christmas Ruiners...so each day I get a new Ruiner.

Today was the last day of classes.  It's been a long semester.  I still need to finish writing the exam tomorrow...it won't really be fun, but I think I have the base files all set.  That's often the hardest part, so that's a relief.

Wednesday: fun!

 It was rather good day today.

The Christmas Ruiners and the SMTWRFSs were up to a ton of mischief when I woke up this morning.  Some of the Christmas Ruiners were trying to steal an empty box (jokes on them!) and the SMTWRFSs were sending presents from our Lego display up a conveyor belt into a pool of lava.  I sent them all to jail and taped the instigators to the wall.

I had lunch with a friend.  A friend came over for a brief puzzle time before picking up our kids from school.  I had lunch with a friend yesterday.  I know I complain about not getting all my work done sometimes, but I realized there is a good reason for it, that I wouldn't change.

Our raid in WoW killed the last boss on normal difficulty today.  We only worked on him 1.5 nights, so that was rather amazing.  

Monday: 5 minute dungeon

Last night at the Christmas party we gave Joshua a game called 5-minute-dungeon.  He has taken to the game more than I was even hoping, and got Ben and Isaac to play it this evening even though it meant foregoing screen time.

I got about the amount of work done today that I was hoping to.  Sort of.  There's still a lot on the list, but since the kids had screen time after school I was able to finish some of the things that I really wanted to get done.

Sunday: Advent candle

The third grade Sunday school lit the Advent candle this week.  I was going to grab a screenshot from the streaming video, but it started too late so I only got a far away picture.  Joshua didn't want to say anything, so he just stood up there with his friends.

Friday: donating blood

 I donated blood today, and as always it was a bit of an adventure.  They used the opposite arm as normal, which surprised me but I don't really care which they use.  Getting the blood to flow into the tube was a little hard, but once it was going is was going well.  But then I got a hematoma - apparently some blood was leaking a bit into the surrounding tissue, causing a small bump and the flow to slow way down.  We moved my arm around a bit and it started flowing enough to finish up.  (Phew.)

I had to ice it for a bit right afterwards and then I applied heat this evening.  There's still a bump, bit it might be getting a little smaller.  My elbow is also slightly sore, but just barely.  They kept talking about the bruise that might show up - I usually get a pretty nice bruise a few days after donations, so I'm kind of hoping this one is awesome.