Saturday: on the way

After a poor night of sleep, the time finally came to get up.  I beat my alarm by 5 minutes, but at 3:40am I was ready. 

Joshua was up at the same time, and Isaac and Ben slowly rolled out too.  It took me (and the family) the full 45 minutes to get everything together, but that included emptying the dishwasher.  It's just so nice to come home to an empty dishwasher. 

The first plane ride was rather uneventful. 

Then we got to go in the sky lounge during our layover because Travis had some extra passes.  It was super nice!  The food was good, the seats were mostly comfy, and the Internet was free. 

Then we got in the long plane.  We had very nice seats.  Everyone slept some.  We didn't sleep as well the first part of the flight, the afternoon, but once we got to the later part everyone slept better. 

Joshua said the flight wasn't as bad as he feared.

We got through customs and immigration easily; not having to wait for our bags was helpful... Although it was a bit annoying to have to drag them around with us. 

A bus ride later, and we were at Travis' hotel, where we were going to store our bags.  Everyone was tired but excited. 

And that seems like a good place to end Saturday, even though it was half way though Sunday

Friday: ready

Grades are in!  Besides that, it was a day in which I finished up loose ends.

Ah, I do have a funny story from yesterday.  I received a notification from Holland Hospital that I had a message.  I wasn't expecting anything from them, but thought I should check it out anyway.  I couldn't remember my username or password, but finally got it straightened out.

It was from the audiology department (last year I had my hearing tested).  They were letting me know the steps I should take to prevent the spread of measles. 

Now, I completely agree that this is an important thing.  Do I think I should hear about it from audiology??  Maybe not.  Ben got the same notice; his was from the pain management clinic though.

Thursday: an odd day

Today just felt odd. 

It's Thursday, and I normally work on Thursdays.  However, it's exam week.  I had an exam 3-5pm.  I was all caught up on grading (thanks to my grader), so during the first part of the day I got caught up on other things.  I even finished the stuff I was hoping to do, took a nap, and did a few not-so-important things.  

I went to Hope around 2:15pm.  I started prepping Moodle for next semester because grading was caught up.  This is an amazing feeling and I should do it more often.  I got about half way through getting Moodle ready, but I wasn't working at it all that hard.  The last few semesters I've gone in on the first day with only the first week of Moodle ready, so I'm in a good place with that too!

Then I had errands: pick up a few things, bring Isaac to rock climbing, pick up Isaac from rock climbing.  It was the last day of team practices, which is rather sad.  He really enjoys them and wishes there was something over the summer too.

Then I, and my grader, finished grading the final exam!  Oh my, shall we talk about how happy I am with this?  Tomorrow I'll calculate grades and put them in, but it really only takes about 30 minutes.

Maybe today didn't feel odd.  Maybe it felt wonderful!  And it rained during my nap.

Wednesday: stuff got done

Stuff got done today.  It was more stuff than has been getting done lately, so it felt good.

Also, one of my graders volunteered to help grade the final exams.  Absolutely!  I'd take as much or little grading as she was willing to do.  Well, she finished up all the exams that have been taken so far!  I don't know how much she'll help for the second class, but over half the students have taken the exam so grading is already feeling under control.

Tuesday: Giraffe's birthday

Today is Giraffe's birthday.

Giraffe didn't receive a direct present, but Isaac received an exciting present and that will allow Giraffe to take a trip.

 We had grilled cheese.  Giraffe's favorite color is yellow, but Giraffe really isn't yellow.  Grilled cheese is similar to his colors.

Isaac: 145-157 months

I'm still trying to get caught up...

145 months

 

146 months

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(We missed 13 years!)

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Sunday: He is Risen!

He is Risen Indeed!

I know it was Easter today, but it was a pretty normal Sunday for us.  We ended up in nursery this morning.  I was a bit bummed not to get to go to the service, but at the same time I'm glad we were able to let other parents participate without having to entertain a young child.

We started a new game that our friends sent us as a surprise.  The rules were complicated, but I think after we do it once or twice we'll have it down.  We got about half way through today and then took a break.

Ben and I also played games with some friends on-line tonight.  One of the games was Space Base.  It was an exciting game!  Everyone had at least 40 points, but I squeaked in a win with the last card.