Category: 2022-2023 School Year
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20221027 Bad VS Bad
This week started off pretty good. Both of the girls were starting to get over their colds, and so was I. And, after five days off, we were all happy to get back to school. On Monday morning, on the walk to school, Dee Dee surprised me a little by asking if she could walk…
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20221024 No Surprises
When Audio got out of school two Thursdays ago, it was clear that she should have stayed home. There was mucus running from her nose, across her lips and onto her chin as she said, “I feel sick.” So, on Friday, we kept her home from school. After fighting it off for over a month,…
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20221013 Stuffed Up
Dee Dee has had a stuffy nose, and has been sneezing, and coughing since the first week of school. It looks like a cold but is likely the same allergies that I’ve been dealing with all fall. She has been able to keep it together and hasn’t felt sick enough to want to stay home from…
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20221011 Play
On Tuesday afternoon I received an email from Dee Dee’s teacher informing me that he hoped that I was still available to chaperone the field trip on Thursday morning. The email directed me to check in with the front office and then go to Dee Dee’s classroom by 9:30AM Thursday morning. I responded that I…
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20221005 Spit Hits
We’ve just about made it through one month of school. Audio is really enjoying her full days of Hi5, but sometimes she complains about “mean kids.” One day, she told us that one of the mean kids spit on her during lunch. After a long, difficult conversation we gathered that the boy was sitting next…
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20221003 Hat Trick
On Wednesday morning, I received a reply from Dee Dee’s teacher informing me that my assistance will not be required on the upcoming field trip that I volunteered to chaperone. “Unfortunately I can only take 4 chaperones and drew randomly 4 other names.” Apparently, randomly drawing names of those who volunteer is how the teacher…
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20220927 Photographic
The girls’ school picture day was on Friday, last week. So, leading up to that day, we spent some time talking with the girls about what they could wear, and then on Thursday night there was a bit of a fashion show. Audio didn’t have a lot of interest in the process, but Dee Dee seemed to…
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20220923 Routine
We are starting to settle into the morning and afternoon routines of this school year. I have one Post-It for each girl on the wall in front of my desk on which I wrote which specialist they have on which day of the week (Mon. Gym, Tues. Art, etc.) and a print out of the…
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20220916 So Far, So Good
We’ve finished the first full week of school, and things are going well. Compared to this time last year, things are going much better. Even compared to the end of last year, things are going much better! The mornings are so much smoother than last year: I haven’t once had to ask, “Am I the…
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20220914 Monday
My wife’s staycation has ended and today was the first day that I got the girls ready for school on my own this year. Audio was up at 6AM, as if she had heard her mom’s alarm. Mom, who hadn’t heard the alarm, was still in bed when Audio let us know that she wanted…
Grade School in the Time of COVID19 