Wednesday: Pinewood Derby

Joshua made it to Pinewood Derby at church tonight.  He raced a cheese shaped car called Monsta-rolla.

He had three heats, as normal, and had a track record all three times.

Unsurprisingly, he got first place in 5th grade boys.

Tuesday: no flu

Joshua was fever-free all day!  As long as he can make it through the night he can go to school...and he's ready.  It has been a boring few days for him.  Today was especially boring as I was gone working.  Ben was working in the basement but just did a few very brief checks to make sure he was still ok.

I flashed two 5.10- routes while rock climbing today.  That was rather amazing, but we'll also remember that I can barely start most 5.10+ routes.

Monday: flu

After two days of a fever in the morning, I brought Joshua to the doctor.  Turns out he has Influenza A.  His fever has been hard to get under control the last two mornings, but by lunch time things seem to turn a corner and by late afternoon he's doing ok.  He's lost his voice completely though.  This flu is supposed to run 5-7 days, which would be sad because Joshua has a lot of fun things to do in the evenings this week.

Besides that, it was a pretty normal day.  I got several chores done, did a few things with Joshua, and went to karate in the evening.

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.