Category: 2022-2023 School Year
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20240603 Special Days
I’ve long said, “Don’t let the calendar decide when you’re happy,” and I think I’ve done a good job of living by my words. Our family makes the most of every day instead of waiting for special days that we designate as more important than others, e.g. holidays, days off, weekends. Something I’ve never said…
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20231109 Tuesday
On Monday, I thought it was a good idea to email Audio’s teacher to inform her that Audio was not sick but had thrown up before school because of her allergies. It wasn’t a good idea. I spent a good chunk of that morning explaining to school staff how postnasal drip can cause nausea. So, I…
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20230830 The Bottom of Summer
It’s the last week of summer vacation. We had a better summer than we did last year, mostly because we had better routines and rules than we did last year. A “no iPads, laptops or candy until after lunch” policy solved most problems. With both girls being one year older, at their ages, it really…
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20230803 Animals
After a couple days of not leaving the house, I brought the girls to Zoo on Wednesday. It was a mistake to wait until Wednesday to get them out of the house. And, it was a mistake to go to the zoo today. It was far too hot to be anywhere there were groups of…
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20230719 Stuck into Summer
The first month of summer vacation is behind us. It seems to have gone by too quickly but looking back, we’ve done a lot and had a good four weeks, or so. The baseball season ended. Then, my wife had the first two weeks of July off of work. So, this past week has been…
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20230627 Over and Out
The first week of the girls’ summer vacation went well. It started a little like a school week, in that their mom was at work and they woke up too early. But, we stayed busy and then my wife had Thursday and Friday off. Being off for the summer is different than having a week…
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20230623 Chicken Dance
The 2022/2023 schoolyear is over. The last, four-day week was everything we expected it to be. There were tears, memories, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying awake, more tears, and more. I’m pretty sure that all attempts to teach were abandoned the previous week. The girls had movie days, award ceremonies, and even a bubble party. …
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20230608 Happy Birthday
We threw a birthday party for Dee Dee on the Saturday after her birthday. The previous Saturday, Dee Dee went to a birthday party for one of her classmates. It was Dee Dee’s first birthday party invitation of the year and she was happy to go to the party. The party was held in the…
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20230602 Nitwit
A few weeks ago, while dropping off the girls at school, one of Audio’s classmates arrived with a shaved head. I figured that he tried to give himself a haircut, or had a bubblegum mishap, or something. The kid doesn’t look too terribly bright, and with a stubbly head he looked like he could be…
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20230522 Preachy Keen
I’ve come to the realization that our family doesn’t have good or bad weeks, or good or bad days, or even good or bad moments. It seems like everything we do is a pretty even mix of good and bad. Both girls can swing pretty far and fast from one emotion to the next. There…
Grade School in the Time of COVID19 