Saturday: at home

Today was fine.  Joshua was ok for most of the morning but his fever spiked in the afternoon.  This is rather normal for our family, so I wasn't all that surprised.

Isaac and Ben had a good time at their activity - it was a Raspberry Pi thing that Isaac participated in and Ben volunteered with.  Ben ended up helping the students set up their own Raspberry Pi.

I finally gave Isaac a haircut today.  He's wanted one for almost a month, but it didn't happen and then it got cold and we got busy.  It was very nice out today, so the schedule and the weather worked out!

Friday: fireplace

I got so much done today.  

It included sewing part of Joshua's shoe, which was a really funny image...but, it was easy!

As part of O:CtH, I fixed the fireplace grate.  It's been falling apart for years, so it was nice to finally fix it.

Isaac had his 8th grade field trip today.  As a field trip, it was fine.  As an 8th grade field trip, it was a bit disappointing.  They went to visit CMU in the morning and went to a water park in the afternoon.  Isaac said the college visit was really boring but the water park was fun.  He got to ride the flow rider quite a bit.

Nathan and family came late tonight just for a place to stay, but it was super nice to see them for a few hours.

Oh, Joshua just got sick.  He was supposed to go with Ben and Isaac for a day trip tomorrow and I was surprisingly excited to spend the day by myself.  I know I do this many days, but on Saturdays I don't have to do as much work, so I was going to do some fun things interspersed with some work.  I expect there will still be some of that, but I have to be a parent now too.

Thursday: sourdough

 Hmm.  It was mostly a normal day.  There were a few issues, but nothing all that big.

I accidently made a little too much sourdough this morning, so I made another thing tonight.  I had pizza, naan, bread, and apple raisin bread all going at the same time, which might be a record.  Of course, the naan is now all gone...and it was delicious.

Wednesday: pictures

Today I got more done than expected.  I've needed to deal with my email for a while now, and I even took 20 minutes to deal with that.  (It's not finished, but it's going in the right direction.)

I found Isaac's second school picture.  He left for his math class right after getting his first school picture taken, and I think somehow he got on the list to get it taken again.  So I have two sets of pictures for this year, although this one isn't amazing.

About every three months Joshua takes a piano test and levels up.  Every 1-2 years he gets a trophy and it was surprisingly motivating for him.  Anyway, he recently had another minor level up.

Tuesday: on-task

I felt rather on-task at work today.  I was a little worried that I wasn't going to have enough time to prep in the morning, but then one student who was going to show up overslept.  There was also an easy lecture today with nested IF, IFS, and VLOOKUP.  (And why do we still learn VLOOKUP?  Because Ben still hasn't transitioned to XLOOKUP even though I suggest it several times a year.  I figure there are others like him.)

I also got a lot done while Isaac was at rock climbing.  I did some work on the computer before climbing, and got through quite a bit.  

vacation Wednesday: coming home

We were going home today, but had late afternoon flights.  We hung around in the hotel room for a bit and played some games in the morning.  Well, four of us played games and Joshua built things with the pillows.

We went for a walk on the boardwalk, and found out that the pedal carriages were open!  We thought they were going to be closed, so that was exciting.  We pedaled around the lake, and ...it was harder than expected.  Isaac and Joshua's pedals were linked and they were having a hard time going at the same speed.  For the most part, it didn't matter too much.  Joshua pedaled the whole time and Isaac helped when we were going uphill.  Uphill was hard!!  We missed a turn once, easily turned around, and found where we were supposed to have turned.  However, it was up a hill and I decided that we didn't have enough speed so we went back down (the wrong way) so we could get a better pedaling start.  In the end, I'm not sure it mattered - we still ran out of steam about half way up and each pedal was work until we got to the top.  I had fun though!  It was a fun way to get around the lake.

Then we left for the airport.  It was relatively easy getting home.  Our flight into Chicago was a little late, but we had enough wiggle room that we didn't have to worry, we just had to move quickly to the next gate.  We got home and there wasn't a lot of snow on the car.  We still had to pick up Ben's car from the dealership, but it all went smoothly.  We were a little grumpy at home, but it had just been a long day of travel

Monday: flower

Today I got to pick up one of the flower arrangements from the funeral.

However, we have a cat that likes plants so I had to put a bag over it.  It's not as nice as being without the bag, but it's nicer then having cats eat it.