School so far!

 The Peanuts' school experience has been good so far!

Interesting to note that Peanut #1's brand new Grade 2 teaches doesn't require indoor shoes. This is very modern and I like it.

Ballet is resuming, and the classes are _tiny_. Somehow I booked Peanut #1 into five dance classes a week, which is a bit much, but she's keen, so... HOORAY!

Peanut #1 also had her Frenectomy yesterday, so she's swollen a bit today and looks like a woodpecker, but hopefully this helps with her sleeping and her peeing at night. We'd really like her to not have to wear a pull-up any more!

School tomorrow & Running!

 School starts tomorrow!  I give us 3 weeks before there's a major interruption

The Peanuts go back tomorrow for 3 days this week, and those days are gonna be PRODUCTIVE, I swear it.

Also, the Project Manager and I are gonna go on a date for sure...

Also, my running is going great, but it's gone from a thing I can do with friends to a fairly lonely endeavour, because no one I used to run with can keep up with me

Public Service Project Planning: a play in one act:

Well, Wayne, now that we're at final steps, who should shoot the puck at the net?

No, uh, the net is 10' off the ground

oh, okay, um, can we THROW the puck through the net?

We don't have a puck, I thought we were playing badminton

Well yes, there was a briefing note about nets and sports that was sent up

We also sent a briefing note about nets and sports up

And both briefing notes broadly spoke about the importance of meeting our net objectives in sport

So we're all in agreement?

Yes!

MEETING ADJOURNED GOOD JOB ALL 

School prep continues

 Well the Peanuts are going back to school, and here's what it will looks like:

They will put on their masks, and grab their lunch boxes (no backpacks), and head for the bus. They will get on the bus and sit in assigned seats (not with their cousins) and ride to school.

They'll go into school, and take their boots off, and go direct to their classes. Everything they bring in will go under their seats and they will sit along in their little desks and learn!

They'll have a recess of some kind, likely at a different time than another class, and they'll eat their lunch in their classroom.

Two weeks into the school year, the on-line lessons will become available and if they can't go to school they'll be able to learn.

That's the plan anyhoo!

Some normalcy?

 I'm back in my office this week, for the week, and it's ... ... good to be back?

I didn't think it would be, but so far, day 1, it's ok!

We'll see how I manage domoestic chore-ing what has to get done when I get home, of course.

I'm less upset and bewildered about than I thought I would be.

The plan:

0800 take The Peanuts to Summer Camp

0800 Cleaning lady comes over and deepcleans

0900 go to the office at Prairie University

1000 two simultaneous meetings

1200 pickup the Peanuts

1300 Babysitter comes over

AFTERNOON Work

EVENING Relax

The execution:

0700 realize that Peanut #1 has mouth-physio appointment at 0800, so modify above plan to include the Project Manager to share childcare duties because only one kid allowed in the clinic

0800 get to appointment

0830 realize appointment will be 90 minutes

0850 drop Peanut #2 at Summer Camp

0900 push 1000 meeting #2 to 1400

0905 cleaning lady snaps off kitchen faucet

0930 go pick up Project Manager and Peanut #1, take Project Manager to work

0945 find out Peanut #1 needs oral surgery

1000 join meeting #1 by phone, secretly in the car

1030 Get to Stupid Mall to buy clothes for Peanut #1

1031 realize Stupid Mall opens at 1100

1103 buy clothes

1200 pick up Peanut #2 at summer camp

1204 rig temporary water supply in kitchen

1205 Babysitter cancels, push all meetings to the next day

1206 have beer

AFTERNOON Work

EVENING: Fix kitchen faucet

Almost there....

Our self-isolation ends tomorrow, and we are celebrating with a quick camping trip in the city. It's gonna be great!

The girls continue to be super independent, thank goodness, and that's a huge burden off of me :D

But they do need OTHER people, very badly, so we hope to be hanging out with more people soon.