Friday: a good day

It was a pretty good day today!

I finished cleaning the storage room!  However, there are still a few things Ben needs to look through so I haven't taken pictures yet.  Furthermore, Ben and I talked a bit more on Saturday and decided to add a few more shelves but it involves moving things around a bit.  Not too much work, but it means things are completely done.  So...I'm almost finished with the storage room.  I also think I need to deal with some of the items we want to list on eBay before I can consider it finished.

I brought Heather rock climbing after lunch.  It was her very first time and she came into the gym not knowing at all what to expect.  For the first time she did really well.  I also managed to get the 5.9 route that I got several weeks ago and then haven't been able to get again.

After picking up the kids we had a few errands to do.  In order to try and make things go fast the kids went to one store while I went to the other store.  It didn't end up saving much time because the kids had a hard time finding their item and by the time I got to them they were only standing in line.  I had been hoping they would have been walking back to the car, but at least they had some independence.  Then we also stopped at the shoe store.  It was only half of a success but added to the total time.

And we had a relaxing evening with some online games.  It was a nice way to end the night.

Thursday: car

Well, I went to drop off the compost before picking up Joshua at school only to find out the hours had changed.  Again.  I like the new hours better, but they happened to be closed when I dropped by.  The compost was rather stinky and it was annoying to have it in the car while I waited.  I was annoyed because I had the compost and the household donations all sitting in the car, trying to be dropped off but failing.

If this is the worst thing that happened today though, we're doing pretty well.

Wednesday:

 I volunteered at Kids' Food Basket this morning; we got out early which was nice.  I then tried to drop off some donations, only to find that donation drop-off was closed for the day.  So now I have a bunch of boxes in the back of my car.

There was a black belt ceremony for Ms. Anne tonight.  I didn't feel comfortable going since I've been sick, but I joined on-line.

Tuesday: cough

My cold has turned into a cough.  I'm doing ok, but it is not ideal.  I ended up taking a nap for an hour in my office because I couldn't keep my eyes open.  That's a rather long nap, because my office is not a comfortable place to nap.

Isaac had fundraiser items to pick up at school today - well, a parent had to pick them up.  I got there right before I had to pick up the kids and they didn't have a record of his stuff.  It turns out his order was exactly the same as another order and so it was misplaced.  I went back to school to pick the stuff up because that is just what worked best.

For all these annoyances, my day wasn't bad.  It wasn't amazing, but I'd call it a strong normal.

Sunday: guinea pig

Yesterday night I had a dream that we had a Guinea pig.  We did not take care of it like we should have, and yet it survived.

Fast forward to my nap, when the dumb Guinea pig was still alive.  

I'm not sure I've ever had a dream that had characters from previous dreams.

Saturday: e-Foil

This morning was rather relaxing.  We built with Legos, and then I did a slow clean of the basement while the boys talked about the latest Magic cards.  They were Avatar: The Last Airbender themed and Joshua got into them too.

After nap time Ben brought his e-Foil out for a short ride.  The controller needed to be replaced in the middle of the summer, but since Ben's foot was broken he wasn't able to see if the new controller fixed the problem.  While it was a lovely afternoon and he had a good ride, he is unsure if the new controller fixed the problem.  There were no sudden power outages, but there may have been a few power decreases in the middle of the ride.

I attempted to get a few more things done in the evening.  I'm only feeling about 85%...not that terrible but also not that amazing.

Friday: more ups and downs

I went to bed last night with a sore throat and woke up feeling rather yucky.  I woke up a little early and didn't have to make any lunches, so I worked hard to get my chores started.  And after I brought the kids to school, I took a nap.  Oh, I felt so much better after that nap, although I think the ibuprofen had kicked in.

I worked on the storage room again today.  I'm actually getting close!  I cleaned the smaller portion of the storage room today including one box I was not looking forward to.  Turns out the box wasn't too bad - I think we had thrown a lot of stuff in it ten years ago and ignored it after that.  It did make it significantly easier to deal with because it was all old.  I was able to make a list of all the stuff I still need to do...it isn't too bad.  It's nice going from not having any clue what to do next to have a short list.

Isaac and Joshua had a half day today, so one of Isaac's friends came home with us so they could go rock climbing.  He ended up spending the whole afternoon here and it was nice that Isaac had a friend to hang out with - it hasn't really happened before.  Joshua also had a friend and his mom come over so we all had friends.

By the time they left I wasn't feeling great again.  I picked up some pizza, only to realize that I had ordered two of the kind that I like and zero of the kind that Ben likes.  (The ordering system is terrible and it always has been.)  Luckily there was a really good sale, so we might pick up another one tomorrow for Ben.