Thursday 30 April 2020

Now Parenting: April 2020

Week 93
-Created online diagnostics in morning to determine office hours. Then outside.
-Sack works for snooze? Out shopping, return before 2pm. More school work.
-Back with little one, then school emails after dinner. Quiet night, up 7am+.
-Standard day but time before 11am to finalize student contacts. Sack works less.
-Tired after 5pm; evening less than productive but cleaned kitchen and closet.
-Bad dream awakening after 4h sleep on my part; joined 5am. Rough morning for me.
-"Daycare" now has art at main table. Alexandra wanted brunch? Nap still rough.
-Dealt with MDM during nap, then 2.5 h of play and outside until Mom time.
-Half hour of school, crashed for an hour. Bed routine. 1 hr to find Chromebook.
-Breakdown over wifi issues, eventually tested Meet. Bed after midnight.
-Another good night. Breakdown in morning as I've already lost stickers.
-Rest of day is decent, including staff meeting and MDM hangout with 6 students.
-Misc tasks in evening then rough overnight, two trips into chair.
-Package arrives with all things, MCR hangout in morning is fine; snooze issues.
-Tired in afternoon after being out. Collapse for a while. Manage evening grading.
-Maybe 5 hrs sleep but continuous. Alexandra time, later outside in splash suit.
-Staff Meeting 10:30am, little one's very good. Doesn't like new soother.
-After lunch, trade for office hour w Ss. At 2pm, brief dept meeting.
-Alexandra time 2:45pm to after 5:30pm. Order out. Bed before 10pm.
-8 hr sleep with only soother interruption. Organize photos, then to aunt.
-Vacuum and mop while better part looks at taxes. Also sweep garage, fix light.
-Pick up little one. Shopping trip, $200 including paints. Aisles one way.
-Home, trade times, trouble falling asleep ("dodo" means our room?). Videos.
-"Dudu" means 'do it with me' or 'like this' or 'second one'. (vs "dodo" or "encore")
-Lotus Prince "Resident Evil Zero" LIVE (#3-10)

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Item counts to Saturday (Apr 4):
Step Count 2017: About 56,100 (20 stars)
-Dull week; tidied up, started some Camp Nano.

Step Count 2018: Over 60,300 (14 stars)
-Pregnancy/Assembly related things, going day by day.

Step Count 2019: Over 63,100 (10 stars)
-Nearly in tears but video of her moving, and 1st b'day invite. Last gaming.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 59,600. 8 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 199 New (192 sent)
 The 192 sent include 162 student invites to Google Meets
 We have completed DAY 137? Or 127? Meh.

RH Stress Level: 8 (Starlight Breaker Extension)

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Week 94
-She waits in crib until light on at 7:15am again. Time with her including stacks.
-Time with mommy, she does BabyShark book actions. I catch up in work (MDM files).
-Some down time during snooze; Last 'Virga' went up today, need to prepare site!
-Also time to devise MCR3U quiz. Then time with little one (none outside).
-Finished prep work in evening and more down time. One awakening in night.
-Handled work emails, then Another Alexandra Day. Goes south at 4:30pm meeting.
-After math meeting need to do parent emails, students too, and prep minutes.
-Also hard for her to find sleep. Dinner ~10pm. Tuesday's more staggered.
-Two Google Meets (mixed results in songs). Time outside between. Need less photos.
-Surprised phone fun with family after dinner. Unproductive evening (dishes).
-Wednesday to school for 9am. Binders, texts, etc. Then shopping.
-Alexandra from 10:30-5:45pm. Managed emails during snooze, she was patient.
-Holding sticks while outside. Dealing with finance evaluation in evening.
-After breakdown, cutting potatoes after midnight. 6 hrs sleep, somehow.
-Thurs started 7:15am. Hour Alexandra, hour school messages, morning. Rain/snow.
-Good painting, snooze okay, outside okay, more school an hour from 5:15pm.
-Wouldn't fall asleep. Removed freezer ice. Then wifi problems. Work ended ~10:45pm.
-Turns out modem is dead. Still tried Fri role reversal; worked 9-5pm on prep.
-Got courses planned, email sorted, MDM quiz done and started on lessons!
-After outside and dinner, did work on "Epsilon" character summary (#1-2)
-Sat morn was dishes, toilets and learning modem must be Rogers so next Friday.
-Also library wifi worked (school didn't); linked to A-L phone. Also gas.
-After lunch, back out to notify all of offline status and preview YouTubes.
-Home after 3pm, mystery tears then outside time. More "Epsilon" in evening.
-"Ice" means anything slippery (like the floor when in sack) or a surface change.
-Lotus Prince "Resident Evil Zero" LIVE (#11-12), some Daily Show

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Item counts to Saturday (Apr 11):
Step Count 2017: About 53,500 (22 stars)
-Lots of writing/art: math serial and bible, T&T edits.

Step Count 2018: Over 61,650 (15 stars)
-Caught up in grading prior to reports, out with A-L.

Step Count 2019: Over 63,500 (11 stars)
-Got Stargates, made snowmen. Math PD day. Parent/Child expo.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 53,050. 8 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 206 New (281 sent)
 We have completed DAY 141, I guess.
 The 281 sent include 162 student invites and evidence records

RH Stress Level: 8 (Starlight Breaker Extension)

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Week 95
-Easter Sunday. She found 3 eggs I'd hidden. Mom play, then to Aunt's for Zoom.
-Brunch family online, wifi uploads, home for snooze. Bit of "Epsilon".
-Easter package fun (bunny w/ balls), then all out for walk, then phone.
-After dinner, lathering herself in bath. Out after 8pm for 2 hrs wifi.
-Monday with Alexandra to start, back and forth until lunch. Out for 1 hr wifi.
-Crashed in afternoon for an hour while others went out in rain. Busier after.
-Dishes, sleep trouble 8pm, prepared course emails, 10-11pm out to send them.
-Dinner 11:30pm. Bed after 1pm. In morning, an hour each; wanted bandaid like me.
-At 10:30am I go shop (Mom can't work). Back 12:30pm (~45 min in lines). Nap time.
-Over 2 hrs nap! Only mildly productive. Outside, then I work an hour on test.
-Soccer and throw-ins after dinner until 7:20pm; bed. Out for 2 hrs to internet.
-Watch some videos, bed 11:30pm. Quiet night, snow for Wed. Up 7am with Alexandra.
-Out for staff mtg 10am, home & outside after 11:30am. Mom handles snooze, I work.
-Food delivery 4:30pm, then outside again. Bedtime after 7pm, out 2+ hours again.
-Home by 11:30pm; Mom couched. Chair needed during night, first time in a while.
-Back-and-forth in morning, depart 12:30pm for ClassMeet Qs. Home 3pm.
-Depart after 4pm for hotspot, Mom researches while we look at/for trucks.
-Home after 5pm. Mystery package seen leaving turns out to be surprise modem.
-Some dress-up and reading while Mom makes phone calls. Internet gets restored.
-7pm experiment, no bath (always stands anyway) and lamp light for story.
-Both of us working to 9pm. Bed from midnight. Quiet night. Morning tradeoffs.
-Alexandra time, 8:45-Snooze included kicking boxes instead of ball. Email check.
-Dept meeting 2pm when she woke, then inside play. 5pm emails, 5:30pm out for milk.
-Evening of recovery and lesson prep. Attempted 11pm sleep, crib issues.
-Dreamt in crib with her at one point? Also fake 'Silk NFL' magazine in schools.
-Time in morning and afternoon to finish Epsilon post. Ball tent at Aunts.
-Morning time was Mom taxes as Dad dealt with pictures and tidying rooms.
-After snooze, some outside. Eventually in, some work, some file updates.
-Remembers how I said days ago that white spots on pavement mean birds (signs it).
-Rough getting to sleep (bottle fell). Unproductive evening. Daily show.
-Down to the last of the Size 3 diapers, moving on by tomorrow.

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Item counts to Saturday (Apr 18):
Step Count 2017: About 55,000 (19 stars)
-Finished massive Math-Tans, weak reception. Was told 6 Math, hahaha.

Step Count 2018: Over 63,550 (14 stars)
-Massive ice, and decimal stats, like this year. Caught up in everything.

Step Count 2019: Over 57,000? (9 stars)
-Spring & Bunny photos, voting, taxes, sitting up, RIP duct taped pedometer.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 61,150. 10 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 113 New (220 sent)
 Sent includes 81 Meet invites and Delayed Response to all incoming (no modem).
 We have completed DAY 145, sure.

RH Stress Level: 7 (Starlight Breaker)

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Week 96
-Late to bed, but okay for 2 hrs in morning. Then lay down/online/spreadsheets.
-Lunch with everyone, began grading during snooze. Then outside after rain.
-Mom said YoYo, Alexandra took me to her room and ISpy book to show me picture!
-More admin work, called grandparents, time in basement, sleep. I prep emails.
-Bed midnight, two wakeups, tired morning but little one enjoys. Sleep for nap.
-Outside in afternoon with chalk! Then outside with Mom as I grade. Order in.
-Get Gr 12 grades handled. Bed 11pm. Little one joins 6am, with her to 9am.
-Tues couple hours to email missing 12s and start setting up Gr 11 quiz. Lunch.
-With Alexandra for nap, then outside for over an hour (snow melted).
-No one at Google Meet. Dinner. BSSM fanfic email post-Zannen interview.
-Radio Dead Air to 1am while grading and dishes. Morning is more tracking.
-Staff meeting and Google Meet. Lunch. Shopping (good time for it) w/ mask.
-Outside. "Squiggles". Evening kinda off but work after 10pm until midnight.
-Emails in morning, time with little one, then quiz checks and more grading.
-Outside time, no bath for 2nd night running. Time off before mark input.
-Over 6 hrs sleep. Friday, PD Day (sure), started with some recreational writing.
-Alexandra time until dept meeting during and after snooze. Organized photos.
-Together time, found DQ open. Troubles falling asleep. Daily show catchup.
-Morning time, then to Aunt's. Video for school/students, eavestrough cleaning.
-Did grass seed. Video edits and uploads; Virga Wrap post and Epsilon Vote Start.
-Outside with little one. More sleep troubles (1.5 hr+ combined). Quiet evening.
-Lotus Prince "Resident Evil Zero" (#13-14), some Daily Show

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Item counts to Saturday (Apr 25):
Step Count 2017: About 54,200 (20 stars)
-Presented at uOttawa, contemplated scheduling, had a birthday.

Step Count 2018: Over 68,200 (14 stars)
-Too busy to write, snow tires off, birthday out, surprise baby shower.

Step Count 2019: Over 50,200 (7 stars)
-Move downstairs at parents', report cards, got sick @ home, got cake.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 64,400. 9 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 151 New (155 sent)
 Sent includes 81 Meet invites and 21 Evidence records.
 We have completed DAY 150. Nice round number.

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