Friday: O:CtH - storage room

I'm continuing to remove stuff from the storage room.  I had about thirty minutes to clean stuff out, and that included a crumbling piece of drywall.  The drywall was on the floor and we've just been walking on them for a while.  I got the drywall to the trash can and then had to vacuum up all the little pieces that fell off while I was bringing it upstairs.  I also vacuumed up some sand that had fallen out of a decorative piece.

Joshua doesn't want to get rid of the easel, but we haven't used it since the pandemic.  We compromised on I'll keep it around for a bit and see if anyone uses it.  I mean, it'll take me a bit before I bring everything to a donation center.  

Overall, the storage room doesn't feel much cleaner than yesterday, but ...it is.

Thursday: another normal day

It was another rather normal day.  The first class had a few bumps because I moved some content around and didn't dot my i's and cross my t's.  It wasn't a big problem, but it was annoying.

I got a fair amount of work done in the afternoon.  Sometimes I get tired but I actually got up enough and so I got a lot done.

My travels around town to taxi kids around went a bit faster than normal.  

Karate was just ok.  The class I like was co-opted by stretching and information instead of exercise.  Then we had self-defense and it isn't my favorite.  But I don't have to pick Isaac until 6:30 and Isaac really likes a few extra minutes after his practice so I've stayed the whole self-defense class.

The evening has been nice as always.  Some computer stuff, some quilting.

Wednesday: more normal

I love the normal days, although they aren't very interesting to blog about.  I mean, doing three loads of laundry is pretty good, but for once they all got dried and separated too!  I even put 2/3 of my laundry away.  We had cheddarworst for dinner and it was not as filling as I expected.  The cats had their vet appointment and are doing well.  Both cats weigh exactly the same as last year.  We were hoping Horizon would lose a bit of weight, but the vet was happy with no increase.  Isaac had a lot of homework, but worked on it well after school.  The snow is melting, sadly.  Both cats escaped while I was re-hanging* the bird feeders, but they didn't get very far.  They're willing to walk on snow but not to go in the deep stuff. 

*There was a wind advisory the last two days so I put the feeders on the deck.  One is really heavy and I didn't want it toppling over and the other is really nice and I didn't want it falling to it's doom.

Tuesday: homework 5

It was a normal day.  I went out to lunch with Natalie, which was really nice.  The only thing of any note is that I finished a rewrite of homework 5.  I've needed to rewrite this homework for several semesters but have just kept putting it off.  So hurray!

Monday: snark

I've been trying to get an account set up under our trust.  It's been a bit of a battle with a lot of automated responses.

So Friday I sent an email instead of trying to use the messaging system on the website.  It was all of about three sentences: 1) I submitted an application on this date.  2) It's been longer than expected.  3) Can you please tell me the status?

Today I got a response.  "Sure, we can help.  When did you submit your application?"

I snarkily responded with, "per my first email, it was on this date."

Then they told me what was missing on the application.

I am about two poor interactions away from moving my business somewhere else.

Sunday addendum: Bruce

The middle name Bruce runs in the family, and I know that Great-Grandma told me in the past where it came from and I couldn't remember, so I finally asked her.

She said that her husband had a good friend in Ohio, where he grew up, named Bruce.  He was a banker.  Her husband wanted that middle name for their son and so she went with it.  It kind of seemed like she was glad he was involved with the naming of their son, but she didn't directly say that so I might have been reading into things.  It also didn't seem like she ever met this Bruce.

Sunday: normal

 It was a pretty normal Sunday.  We helped out with nursery at church and there were a ton of kids, but they were pretty good.

We visited Great-Grandma and painted some new rocks.