Saturday 29 February 2020

Now Parenting: Feb 2020

Week 85
-No chair time, up 6:45am for milk. 1.5 hrs, then combo before swim time.
-Some play, dishes and lunch. Early nap from noon. I finalize two classes.
-Outside after 4pm, phone home, bed; Doctor Who and more grading. Crepes.
-Overnight not great, 90 min in chair. Morning, all to my school 7:45am.
-NEW DAYCARE. Goes okay? Mom leaves before noon, I teach, get forms signed.
-Gas on way home, arrive before 5pm. Outside and play for an hour.
-Barely grade in evening, in bed before 10pm. Decent sleep; no chair again!
-Tues drop-off. Teach, get supply stuff set, lunch early (now has duty).
-Pickup 11:45am, drive home before sleep. Some grading during snooze.
-Also lay down; then 3.5 hours on, including outside with sled.
-Relief before 6pm. Grading 8pm. Also WTFIWWY cont'd from Mon, shoutout.
-Mostly done summatives 2am. Maybe 4 hrs sleep. Then a 12+ hour Wednesday.
-Dropoff, grading, class, math contests, classes, pickup, home time, group time.
-Home again after 7pm, ready to cry. Briefly decompress, grade exams.
-Bed around midnight, grading done. Mark tabulation during prep. Also teaching.
-Time end of day to fix files/online for new semester. Pickup after 4:30pm.
-Briefly outside after 5pm, Mom home so I can leave for 6-8pm Dad Session.
-Shopping after (including mirror for car), home after 9pm for dinner.
-Financial file interrupt; Alexandra constant need after 11pm. Until music.
-Awakens 3am with constant need again. Joins 3:45am; lousy sleep.
-Friday morn shovelling and cancelled busses. No anime; lunch meeting.
-Failure calls end day. Pickup after 4pm (no point earlier; they're outside).
-Two hours with little one (on her under 1 hr snooze). Bed, dinner.
-Oddly calm. Videos, upload serials to site, bed after 10pm. Joins ~6am.
-2+ hrs of play from 6:25am, then out to group. Photo organizing (Jan).
-Fell asleep on way home; managed to get into bed. Then milk for extra hour.(!)
-Awake from 2pm, lunch, fix humidifier, sharing then I take an hour.
-Ouchie after 4pm, play, bed. Cook fish, bacon. Run to store, lose a glove.
-EricVanWilderman DokiDoki Literature (first 3 hrs).

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Item counts to Saturday (Feb 8):
Step Count 2017: About 68,250
-Was checking back in with school related things, for good and ill.

Step Count 2018: Over 71,500 (14 stars)
-Finished grading, renewed old library card, bought Nanoha figmas.

Step Count 2019: Over 78,900 (10 stars)
-Tummy rolls, peanut butter, nose issues, setup new TV, marks finished.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 71,250. 10 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 87 New (24 sent)
 We have completed DAY 103. 3 PD. Personal day (.5?)

RH Stress Level: 9 (Blaster Mode, Full Power)

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Week 86
-1.5 hrs with Alexandra from 12:30am. With hour sleep in morning, get ~5.
-In pool during swim class. Hearing more 'Noooos' but eventually ok on floats.
-Time outside, accidentally dump her from sled. Lunch, sleep by noon.
-To store again, some videos. They're awake 2pm, I crash 3:30pm, then phone.
-Pulls stool on self during call. >.< Outside again. Laundry, dinner, sleep.
-Catch up on Doctor Who, Picard, and more DokiDokis. Joins ~6am, awake 7am.
-Need to shovel. Late breakfast. 5 min late to class after tearful dropoff.
-Lunch duty, final calls; otherwise uneventful. Early pickup, home w/ mom.
-Math mtg, back home 7pm for story, dishes, cooking. Little one joins 5am.
-Teaching day felt normal. Alexandra used toilet at Daycare, sticker.
-Sorted photos, Alexandra post-8pm, me bed before 10pm. Stayed in crib.
-Updated MDM careers, Cappies Chorus signage. Home, physics w/ little one.
-Quick trip for gas, else normal. Some overnight chair, but crib. PJ Thurs.
-Math contest organizing, become client for CS students, dentist after school.
-Back for pickup, off to parenting course. Rough night from 11:30am-2am+.
-Morning tired. Anime and duty at lunch. Some theatre after school. Valentines.
-Rough night, trading off, me 1:30-3am. Sleeping in, little one until 8:30am.
-Breakfast. To Hawkesbury, arrive by 11:30am. Nap still from noon, only 35 min.
-Lunch there, many photos, some outside time, leave after 4:30pm.
-To bed before 7pm, off for gas and shopping again. Bed before 10:30pm.
-EricVanWilderman DokiDoki Literature (last 2 hrs).
-Lotus Prince RE2 Board Game Survival Horror (15)

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Item counts to Saturday (Feb 15):
Step Count 2017: About 65,100
-School related things (PD, school closure, math meet, “Vertex” video).

Step Count 2018: Over 67,400 (14 stars)
-My comic was the chat! Also, break from TV, school and "Phantom" (partly).

Step Count 2019: Over 75,350 (10 stars)
-In pool, closed school, head whacks, Steins;Gate recaps, Lotus DokiDokis.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 72,050. 11 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 110 New (13 sent)
 We have completed DAY 108. (stuff's happened)

RH Stress Level: 6 (Break Shoot)

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Week 87
-Over 7 hrs sleep?? (after 10:30pm to 6:30am) Over an hour with Alexandra.
-Swim class, then on to school. Act 2, I observe. Blog post over lunch.
-Home for outdoor puddle jumping and phone call. Clearly said "a baby".
-Only some grading started. Uneventful night except one preventive crib shift.
-10 HOUR DAY (8-6pm). Went to Winterlude and NAC in morning, home from noon.
-Phone woke from nap; laundry, downstairs, outside, everywhere. Guest 6pm.
-Periodic collapses meshed with much quiz grading until almost 1am. Caught RDA.
-Rough patch, tag teamed 4am. To school in snow, finished grading on lunch.
-After school, prep to be away; sledding once home. Then shovelling. Break.
-Wed to daycare early, then home, then medical, then work again before 11am.
-Observe rehearsal after school, also some comic catchup. Pickup before 5pm.
-Sled once home and she spots a star. Eventually dishes, to bed 11:30pm.
-In crib all night, no chair. Standard work including lunch duty & Thurs anime.
-More rehearsal from 3pm. Need to learn about disinfecting shoes.
-Evening course. Little one has much trouble settling down. Show, bed 11:30pm.
-In crib all night again! Drop-off, then home to tidy; have lost cell phone.
-Strike action (all 4 boards!) from 11:30pm. Then Corner Bar for an hour.
-Filled in previous years on this file. Ball play at home, evening routine.
-Found "Translator Fails" videos. Anne-Lise not well; tag team 2:45-4:15am.
-Morning and (full) group with me. Depart for school at noon. Return from 5pm.
-Time outside, then to Idriss Algerian restaurant for 6pm (snooze was 3 hrs).
-Left with takeout after 7pm. Videos evening, too tired for productivity.
-Lotus Prince RE2 Board Game Survival Horror (16) & AT4W catchup (+Todd).

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Item counts to Saturday (Feb 22):
Step Count 2017: About 56,000
-Dealt with smoke detectors, conference organizing and posting T&T to RRL.

Step Count 2018: Over 73,400 (14 stars)
-24 total hours of "Phantom", Tylenol for arm and student absence issues.

Step Count 2019: Over 69,200 (10 stars)
-Toy box in living room; TeleHealth and sauna week, I get flu too.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 81,750. 13 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 100 New (8 sent)
 We have completed DAY 112.

RH Stress Level: 4 (Accel Shooter)

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Week 88
-Grading in morning, then in pool for swim class. Head dunk before slide!
-Time outside, lunch, depart for school 12:30pm. Uploads & tidy staff room.
-Back for outside, laundry and phone. Unproductive night, more translations.
-Tag team overnight 12:45-1:30am. In crib to 7:15am but daycare arrival fine.
-Grading on prep, finally see Act One after school, pickup from 5pm.
-Outside using rain boots again; quizzes in evening. Dishes, chair... 1am+.
-Tuesday math contest, teaching, extra help past 3pm. Sippy milk to long snooze!
-Thought I'd lost hat; Alexandra found upon return home. Got extension cord in.
-Starting to feel like flu. Bed 10pm; tag team 4am again. School fine, duty.
-Finish some grading; get more. Her hair's done up with elastic. Go out before 6pm.
-Evening off. Uneventful night but joins 6am; I go shovel 6:30am. Snow day.
-Minimal students, do get some grading done. Early pickup, sled to voting.
-Bad wind, we don't stay outside. Course cancelled. Dinner fussing. Dishes later.
-Friday morn, full 5+ h sleep, no tag teams; strike day. Morning picket.
-Pizza lunch out, home to handle couch, etc. Back for little one; sled once home.
-Little one used potty lid before bath, then stood in bath for a pee.
-Rough night, tag teamed (with me on point) still unwell. Joined, sleep to 7:30am.
-With Alexandra for 1+ hr, dropped others off, to school after 10am. Show run.
-Was on curtains, then managed some grading. Home 4:30pm, another 1+ hr of play.
-Had been attempts with new potty. Actually did figure out camera flash later.
-Only motivated to queue rest of Virga in evening. Unwell, downstairs 10:30pm.
-Lotus Prince "Zone of the Enders" full (#1-6) & Translator Fails

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Item counts to Saturday (Feb 29):
Step Count 2017: About 53,100
-Got papers in for return to school, went to SirWil’s theatre show.

Step Count 2018: Over 98,800 (16 stars)
-Crazy Tues (math contests, matinee, family), overall 38 hrs of Phantom.

Step Count 2019: Over 94,100 (9 stars)
-Hockey game, new Flip Phone, Seussical run while still ill.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 81,050. 17 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 103 New (12 sent)
 We have completed DAY 117.

RH Stress Level: 6 (Break Shoot)

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CONSTANT TO-DO LIST:
 -2019 Banner for TPolys
 -Sketches for 2019 holiday parody
 -2020 Banner for TPolys
 -Write a TANDQ article on Polling and Bias
 -Write a post about types of praise/encouragement
 -Catching up with web serials/comics (from ~August 2018)
 -Read some of the books sitting at my desk