Monday, January 13, 2025

Monday: PT

I went to PT for the first time in a while today.  My shoulder got messed up in December, I think from too much grading.  How dumb.  Anyway, it feels a little bit better and I have a special stretch because of my special scoliosis.  

I also made baked oatmeal for dinner.  I have three cartons of eggs in the fridge.  I opened two and saw this:

Good thing I have three cartons.  Although I don't think that carton was full either.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Sunday: an odd sad

It was an odd day today - there is a sadness due to Jennifer's death and the normalcy of everyday life continuing on.

Isaac and Joshua went outside to play in the snow.  (Yesterday I went out to snow blow and there was so much more than I expected!  I was expecting about three inches, but there were at least 5".)  Isaac ended up shoveling the driveway so that they could make a snow chair.  The snow wasn't good enough for a snowman but is was good enough to pack with slight pressure.

There have been more birds at the bird feeder.  The kids really get a kick out of the bird butts.



Saturday: ending sadly

Most of the day was lovely.  Isaac is working through a final exam for math and making better progress than I was hoping for.  We played some games.  We put together some Lego sets.  We laughed about the bird butts we see on my new bird feeder.

And then this evening I got an email from Hope saying a student had died in an accident.  More surprisingly, I knew this student.  We actually spent quite a bit of time together last semester and the world was a brighter place with her in it.  She was so full of joy that it was a delight to see her.  And while I never expected to see her again, I will still grieve.  As the email said though, we will grieve with hope. (1 Thes 4:13)

Friday, January 10, 2025

Friday: Operation: Clean the House - Laundry room

I finally got back to Operation: Clean the House!  I had started the laundry room in September and October.  I thought it would take two Fridays worth, but I finished in about an hour and a half!  Huzzah!

Here are the pictures, because that really is what helps understand what's going on.  The big things that happened, besides a general cleaning, is that I cleaned very well behind the washer and dryer.  I removed a cabinet door.  I also reorganized the upper cabinet in October and have been enjoying the new locations of stuff.










Next up?  The storage room.  I was going to wait until the end of Operation: Clean the House, but it's gotten really bad.  



Thursday, January 9, 2025

Thursday (and Wednesday): life

 Yesterday:

Ben: What are you having to drink [for dinner]?

Amanda: I have a mountain dew in the ...laundry.

Ben: Um...oh, so you do.

On my way into the house I grabbed a mountain dew from the fridge.  But then I didn't have enough hands while taking off my coat so I dropped it in the clean laundry basket.  It wasn't anything I had ever been expecting to say though.


Today:

It went pretty well over all.  However, I was trying to make a video for my graders and it took me three times.  The virtual meeting kept stopping without notification and then my laptop died.  I was pretty annoyed by the end.  But I think I have a full instructional video now.


Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Wednesday: down the list

Oh, it's time for bed so this is going to be short.

I felt like I got a lot done today, and it wasn't all just "what absolutely needs to be done" stuff.  For example, I was able to take a moment to clean Joshua's electric toothbrush and holder.  He lost his toothpaste cap, and apparently this means that toothpaste goes all over the bathroom.  I wish I was exaggerating, but I'm really not.  Most of it gets cleaned up, but the toothbrush holder was disgusting.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Tuesday: first day

Another day, another new semester.  First days are the worst.  They're almost as bad as the last day.  To be fair though, it was pretty good as first days go.

Then I needed to go to Eagle Crest to give Isaac some medicine.  It was a bit annoying, but understandable.

I went back to Hope to have lunch with Natalie and continue working.  I may have taken a short nap too.  Being in the office during nap time may be a problem.

Rock climbing went well - I climbed a lot with Joshua and helped belay the team a little bit.

Isaac went to the doctor this evening for his toes.  There is a probable diagnosis for his weird colored toes which isn't a big deal, but also doesn't account for the itching.  We'll continue to monitor.