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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
