Tuesday: Grey Bear

 This notification on my phone made me smile all day. 

Grey Bear has a birthday notification.

Monday: normal

 It was a pretty normal Monday, really.  Aunt C came over so I opened Isaac's window so the cats could say hi.  It was a beautiful day so I was glad to air out the house a bit.

I wasn't planning on doing some of my winterizing, but since it was such a nice day I spent a bit of time on it.  There's still more to do, but some is done.  That's how I felt about most of the day.  There's still more to do, but some is done.

Sunday: half week in review

I'm getting close to being on top of things.  I know, I talk a lot about how I have a lot to do lately.  But making sure I get the minimum done is often in the forefront of my mind and so it ends up here.  Last week had a bunch of good things happen that just took extra time too.

Thursday was busy as normal.  I had a few extra things going on at Hope but still fairly normal.

Friday I attempted to fix a toilet and instead broke the handle off the water-off valve.  So now we've had a bit of a leak.  Lowe's didn't have the valve I needed (really?) so I need to wait an extra day for amazon to send me one.

Saturday we went to an escape room at the library.  It was well set up, but there were a lot of problems to solve in a short time!  So we used several hints to keep us going.  It was a fun thing to do together.

Saturday evening we went to a friends house and that was a lovely time as normal.  The kids played well and the adults talked well.

Sunday was normal; we did nursery at church.  We ended up going rock climbing because that's when it worked best in the schedule.  Isaac's science teacher is at the front desk for a few hours on Sunday so it was nice to see her.

And then we get to the end of the weekend.  Do I still have a crazy amount of stuff to do?  Yes.  Am I feeling a bit more in control?  Usually.  This coming week is just normal busy, so I should be able to catch up.

Wednesday: field trip

I joined Joshua on his field trip to Outdoor Discovery Center.  This is the third year he's gone and while they change up the information a little bit it also feels like kind of the same information each time.  That isn't necessarily a bad thing and a break from school is always nice, but it also isn't the most exciting.

It was also cold.  It was quite cold in the morning and pretended to warm up, but never really got warm.  I come dressed in a winter coat, hat, and mittens.  There are some people that only have a light jacket on and I just don't understand.

I had an hour after dropping off the kids before I had to pick them up again, and had been hoping for a nap.  However, my co-teacher had a minor emergency and didn't know how long it would last so instead I ended up answering student emails from her section.  And since I was answering those questions I dealt with some emails from my other class too.  By the time I finished all of those it was time to pick up the kids.

I had a dream of a nap after picking up the kids - once in a while it can happen.  I just lay down on the couch and get a brief snooze in.  (Emphasis on brief.)  However, I was needed and then decided I should start dinner and start a load of laundry and then nap time was gone.  

But I at least had a relaxing evening.  I'm hoping that things will be under control, or at least as under control as possible this semester, by the weekend.

Monday: work

 We had a great weekend - I'll post on that eventually.

Today we worked hard in the morning.  I had a mountain of grading (that I just finished), Isaac had a mountain of math (that he is on top of), and Joshua forgot his math packet this weekend so he had about a week's worth of homework.  He was going to bring it and work on it during the competition, but it got left at home.

Then Joshua went to the optometrist for contacts.  He got the contacts in and he got one out - I did the other one.  It was an emotional time for him, I think because he wants them so badly and they didn't just pop in and out of his eye.  But he did the minimum required at the office and it'll get easier over time.

Then Isaac had a dentist appointment.  He needs to have a wiggly tooth pulled because it's preventing another tooth from coming in, but no one seems otherwise worried about it.

At home I decided to make applesauce to go with dinner.  There was good reasoning in my brain: the fruit flies had enjoyed the smell of the apples while were were gone and I'm afraid they're about to turn.  I'm not sure that a) they're about to turn as they seem just fine and b) that it was a good use of my time.  There's a toilet that's rather high on my priority list that I didn't look at today.  But!  Grading is done ...for now.  Unless something changes on the calendar I expect this will have been one of the hardest weekends to get that done.

Wednesday: reading

While Joshua was at church the rest of us ended up snuggled under a blanket, reading.  Then Joshua came home and joined in.  It was lovely.

Tuesday: fall break

 Today was fall break.  I cleaned the laundry room.

I also found our Christmas tree and a stash of the cats' toys.  I understand how the cat toys get there, but why where there so many fake Christmas tree needles?  The Christmas tree is on the other side of the house.

I am 3/4 finished...but those three quarters are cleaned well.