The sky was pretty this morning.
I got Wordle in one try!! I was so excited all day about it.
Also, there's another Tropical Storm Isaac. The last one was in 2012 - it was pretty bad, but not bad enough to remove the name from the rotation I guess. This one might spend most of it's time in the ocean.
It was a beautiful, rainy day today. The rain was sporadic, but sometimes barely there and sometimes torrential downpour. They had the garage doors open during rock climbing, so you could see and hear it well.
One of the many good parts of the day was flu shots. (I heard the flu is coming a bit earlier this cycle, so we got them today.) We went to the flu shot clinic at our doctor's office and we were probably in and out within ten minutes. This is so much more amazing than doing it at a pharmacy, where it always feels as though you have to wait forever. By the time we got there there was no line and it went nice and fast.
I also went out to lunch with Natalie. I probably would have gotten chicken salad on a bagel, but they were out. So I got the veggies on a bagel...it was delicious. I'll probably get it again.
Ben is starting to feel better. I wore a mask at work though because those poor students have about 100 illnesses going around and they can't catch a break. I don't need to accidently get them sick. (And to be clear, I am currently symptom free and feel fine. It's been about 48 hours since Ben started feeling sick, so I'm hoping to be in the clear. But I didn't know that when teaching.)
Tonight I was doing good part/bad part of the day for the lovies, as is normal. Creeper loves anything to do with explosions, and usually this means that he says inappropriate stuff. Joshua and I just sigh and say, "Oh Creeper."
Amanda: Bad part?
Creeper: When Dad stopped throwing up
Amanda: Good part?
Creeper: When Dad threw up all night!!! *nods head vigorously to emphasize*
On the other hand, Grey Bear is very loving.
Amanda: Bad part?
GB: Dad being so sick
Amanda: Good part?
GB: When Dad stopped throwing up!!
So then I put Grey Bear over Creeper's head and Grey Bear pretended to talk for Creeper.
Grey Bear, as Creeper: Dad being sick is not good.
Grey Bear, as Creeper: Dad not throwing up is good.
Joshua found that last part funnier than I expected so I did it a few times.
And, in case you're wondering, Snackalotl's bad part was Dad being sick and his snacks for the day were a spice bar and a Snickers Ice Cream bar. He only gets two snacks per day, otherwise he gets in big trouble.
Catcachino's bad part was not coming with me to the coffee shop today and his good part was that Grandpa Pat drank coffee.
Giraffe's bad part was Dad being sick and his good part was taking a nap with me.
Snowfoot's bad part was having to spend the whole day in a sick room with a sick person. His good part was that someone was going to get him and not make him spend all night with a sick person. (Cue Joshua to the rescue.)
Sometimes bed time is exhausting.
It was a pretty normal weekend. We did go to a friends' house yesterday evening and everyone had a good time. The kids played really well, and Ben and I got to play some games.
Isaac did better than I expected with his time management this weekend. I felt like I kept gently reminding him to stop flopping around and do something. (Whether that was something fun or something work, I didn't care.) We made it through the weekend though and I don't think either of us was too annoyed with the other.
Oh! I wasn't asleep before Isaac got home on Friday. He and Ben pulled in about 10minutes before I would have fallen asleep. I was just getting into my sleeping position with my book and didn't expect my eyes would stay open long.
I think we're going to have another first tonight...I think I'm going to be asleep before Isaac gets home.
He and Ben are at a magic event and I'm so tired. It's been close a few times in the past, where I've been in bed when they get home, but tonight I might actually be asleep
Stay tuned
A few weeks ago I was at the library during story time. And they started doing the Bunny song. ("See the little bunnies sleeping til it's nearly noon..." Oh, that was my favorite song at story time. The kids were so still, trying to sleep. And then so excited to hop. Anyway, it got stuck in my head today. I told Isaac about it while dropping him off at rock climbing.
Then at karate we were doing some finger stretches. "Open, shut them. Open, shut." ...which of course reminded me of another story time rhyme, "Open Shut them" So I told Isaac about it when I picked him up.
(Also, having Mr. Rob do the songs instead of random internet channels was 100x better.)
