Thursday 30 July 2020

Pandemic Parenting: July 2020

Week 106
-Sunday, joined everyone for breakfast after 7:30am. Belated Father's Day.
-Then writing Epsilon (w/ research) until 10am. Dad time 2 hrs with trip.
-Pond had 10 dusks, another dad with a 3 yr old with cars/trucks who shared.
-Lunch soup had noodle 'dip dips'. Tough snooze with Mom as I finished Epsilon.
-Updated parenting documents, back out after 4pm. Pond again - she falls.
-Header off rock (after throwing rock), hurry home for ice. Phone call.
-Eventual dinner, bath, and she picks the Dad book to read, aw. Publish blog.
-Low key evening. Couple overnight wakeups; Dad time from 7:10am, car in 9am.
-Dad time until 4pm. Pond trip was in stroller, snooze finding still difficult.
-Pick up car (oil/tires/etc), quick shopping, home. Catch up with these files.
-Dad time before 6:30pm outside; eventual sleep routine. 9pm Dads/Racism on Zoom.
-Some RDA. Bed after 11:30pm. Dad time after 8:30am Tues. Water table resumes.
-Switchover lunch, dishes, file away physical school stuff, prep for video work.
-5pm more water table; 6pm trip to geese; 7pm more table. Eventually bed.
-Unproductive evening. Wake after 1am with horrible abdominal pains. 4am nausea.
-Little one can't sleep after that, I go downstairs 5:30am. They're up 8am.
-I manage to be mobile 11am. Low key hour. Switchback, snooze issue, all tired.
-I handle snooze. Then after 3:30pm show computer videos. 4pm break (for me).
-Join after 5:15pm to walk to see "bateaux" and give little one "drapeau".
-Home by 7pm, quick break. I try bed routine after bath; switchback again.
-I manage soup. To bed after 10pm. 5am wake. Dream I go to school in a towel?
-Warning bell rang late, students told to get to class, not sing anthem outside.
-Anyway. Dad time 7:15am for 1.5 hrs, Video Editing to noon, Dad time to 5pm.
-Included run to avoid rain. 1.5 hrs video edits (got thru 2019), family time.
-Not much after dinner; dishes. Research into bug bite on little one's arm.
-To bed before 12am; quiet night. Tidied computer files to 8:30am; then VP call.
-Dad time from 9am to 3pm, including Doctor Apt for her during snooze 1-1:30pm.
-Mowed lawn, emptied fridge, Friday groceries. Brought boots to puddle before 6pm.
-Family time. Bit more video editing before bed, 11:30pm. Teaching dream.
-I'd teach post-secondary and half day high school. But scheduled same time.
-Also snow? Awake before 7am (once overnight). Dad time, family breakfast.
-Video work after 8:30am, family time 10:30am. Video work in afternoon.
-Dad time 3:30pm, family time 5pm. Hits head falling back off car, then sad.
-Re-entry, dinner, no fire PJs, all sad. Asleep after 9pm. Finish video.
-8 mins exactly, show Mom before midnight. Upload video. Bed almost 1am.

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Item counts to Saturday (July 4):
Step Count 2016: About 52,900
-Put up “Nanoha” merchandise, prepared for Twitter Math Camp

Step Count 2017: About 61,600 (21 stars)
-Felt like the writing during my year off was a failure

Step Count 2018: Over 77,700 (17 stars)
-Alexandra likes movement to sleep, dislikes bassinet, changes and baths.

Step Count 2019: Over 60,300 (11 stars)
-Alexandra Bookcase and overnight shifts, new yoga mat, hung pictures.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 81,700. 22 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 19 New (6 sent)

RH Stress Level: 6 (Break Shoot)

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Week 107
-Dreamt I worked some regular job on Picard's Enterprise-D? "Oversleep" past 7:30am.
-Trouble negotiating family breakfast; ended up sharing cereal with her on lap.
-Outside, water table then family trip to ducks. Other families at the marsh too.
-Nap TOOK OVER 90 MIN to sleep; then out only 70 min. Had to go buy water shoes.
-Home by 5pm, phone call, brief break for me, then more water table and park trip.
-More trouble before dinner, time downstairs, eventually in crib before 9pm.
-Go buy gas. Home, totally spent. Yet stay up for food, etc. Bed from 11pm.
-Couple wakeups, but I get time in the morning. Daycare video, all breakfast.
-Leave 9am; 9:30 drop-off goes well? Quick shopping. "Time Untied" writing(!).
-Also load in BTTF music. Return 4pm; 4:30 pickup; snooze had been rough (wakeups).
-Numnums home, arrive by 5pm. Milk, play downstairs and outside. Bed by 8pm.
-Dinner, dishes, input July NaNo, bed before 11pm. Double wakeup 4am. Dad morning.
-She falls and hurts knee at morning Daycare. I accomplish little today.
-Only 10 min snooze, meant attempted bed before 7pm. Asleep before 7:30pm (!).
-Sunday lunch was last time for high chair (grilled cheese). Mom's set up cushion.
-Weird smell in her room/bathroom about 10pm. Not downstairs or outside (skunk?).
-Attic? Attempt to open her window 10:30pm, she wakes. Restless to 12:30am.
-I wake 3:30am with rain (window still open) but she's fine. Morning puddles.
-After drop-off, I take morn to clean windowsills (mold?) & vacuum bathroom ducts.
-Afternoon dishes. 5pm we go to see ducks; my camera breaks (lens stuck out).
-By 6pm little one's tired/fussy. Home for dinner and asleep before 7:30pm again.
-Co-ordinating August trip, writing, bed. Dad time in morning, b'fast on lap.
-1st cheque deposit via ATM. Haircut & shopping day. Low key evening. "Normal"?
-Dreamt of Snow White rescue during dream trips to fantasy land. Fights w/ love?
-Some wake ups; running around downstairs as family to start. Sorting photos day.
-Read comic and did Comic Tea Party (in their last month). Sushis so early dinner.
-Some trouble falling asleep. Some writing, bed after 11pm. Dad hour in morning.
-(Outside since rain paused.) During aunt, went for camera repair and phone setup.
-Snooze was in her own crib by choice? I write. 3pm outside time & family to pond.
-Bit of writing; family time to 7pm dinner. More sleep trouble to 9pm. Wiped out.
-Lotus Prince's "Resident Evil 2 Board Game" catchup; Baywatching.

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Item counts to Saturday (July 11):
Step Count 2016: About 70,500
-In Minnesota for TMC, cubic song.

Step Count 2017: About 65,500 (20 stars)
-Cleaning house/deck, feeling better about plans.

Step Count 2018: Over 109,600 (20 stars)
-Walking with Alexandra who gets daily hiccups, hip bothering me.

Step Count 2019: Over 54,550 (12 stars)
-Alexandra prints and video, movie, finished Steins;Gate series reviews.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 62,750. 13 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 20 New (1 sent)
 9 related to Alexandra's return to Daycare

RH Stress Level: 5 (ACS Standby)


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Week 108
-Five wakeups overnight. I do school/staff survey before 8am. Outside 1.5 hrs.
-Lie down. Lunch, over an hour to get to snooze after 1pm. Writing by 3pm.
-Switch back, call parents before 5pm. Family to ducks, then bike to bridge.
-Asleep okay; dishes and bacon. CTP done. Bed 11:30pm. Dad hour from 7am, reading.
-Writing morning, lunch out with Mom. Schedule post, catch up for new CTP.
-Dad time includes basement running. Evening discords, bed by 10:30pm. Up early.
-Random writing. Flowers after Daycare drop, Mom's stressed and getting hair cut.
-Buy me pants, little one shorts, and curse Rogers for overcharging. Dad Zoom.
-Back out to buy "Life is Strange" comics and finish shopping. Laundry.
-Dad time outside; more elaborate dinner. RDA online. Bed. Dad time in morning.
-Drop off car for AC inspection (lunch car juggling). Writing & video work.
-Home again; fly issues lead to eventual catch and release (not swatter).
-Bites through other giraffe pacifier. Sew an old one onto old giraffe @7pm.
-Wed eve, bit more video work. Dreamt was teaching CS but with JP? 6:15am crib.
-Brief down time, family outside, drop off car after Daycare, buy new soother.
-Groceries. Home 11am. Stressed. Video work until picking up car. Giraffe success.
-No outdoor pool (seen, she wanted her 'maillot'). Dishes & render video.
-Dad time in morning includes puddles. Tidy; alone at home for afternoon.
-Pickup, play, bed before 8pm. CTP and Discord time. Bed 11pm; silent to 6:30am.
-Join before 8am, ducks trip. Then downtown with old friends. 1 hr to snooze.
-Local outdoor pool 3:30pm; break after. Then playground time. Tired evening.
-Lotus Prince's "Clocktower II" LIVE (#1-2) & Mharz "Life is Strange" LIVE (#1-3)

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Item counts to Saturday (July 18):
Step Count 2016: About 63,300
-Recaps for TMC, broken A/C

Step Count 2017: About 61,600 (25 stars)
-Shoulder issues, tried to finish up “To Do” list

Step Count 2018: Over 75,500 (14 stars)
-Toaster fire, new vibrating chair, less crying

Step Count 2019: Over 62,325 (17 stars)
-Fever before flying overseas, then I'm sick, France Anniversary dinner.

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 64,650. 10 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 9 New (0 sent)
 7 were Daycare posts

RH Stress Level: 3 (Divine Buster, Extension)


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Week 109
-Late wakeup after tradeoff night and bizarre dream. Dad time, then Family time.
-Trip to ducks, run home for new socks after puddle. Run back for hat at playground.
-Snooze trouble after lunch. Finally relaxing 2pm, CTP finish. Wake others, reading.
-Phoning. More slides, DQ (signing Sat), b'day video, all by request. Asleep 9pm.
-Lotus Livestream. Bed 11:30pm. Quiet night, restless 6am. Join 8am, outside.
-Tidy up during day, cash purchase of raspberries & gas to pickup. Slides.
-Brief pool before close, put bumper on change table. Slides with another kid.
-(Wants kid to do 'encore'.) Home tired before 7pm. Dinner, some writing.
-Okay night; Dad morning goes back to slides. Good breakfast; morning shopping.
-Start CTP, car clean, actual writing. Got Alexandra's binder, fixed printer ink.
-Two parks with slides. Mom fixed phone to texting. Disruption before 11pm.
-Morning okay, slides have new sand. Writing, photos, DQ run & weeding.
-More slides before rain; neighbour gifts to quarantine. Inside play.
-Evening of more CTP, chats. Dad time in morning was inside, then puddles.
-Shopping, laundry, dishes, car AC repaired. Slides to pool (reluctant change).
-Good dinner. Evening of CTP and RDA with minor writing. Good overnight solo.
-Breakfast before slides. Major writing day (albeit for Epsilon). Trike to slides.
-Evening to finish Epsilon #6, attempted to stream AN (MOE) 404s for a bit.
-Dad start, truck play in crib. To Aunt's, start lawn and finish Epsilon.
-NaNo Camp WriteIn during snooze with D20. To slides, back for Mom. Other kids.
-Ate chicken. Evening includes AN Online (MOE) with D20Live from 8:30-10:15.
-Moderator read my comments aloud. Discord, then bed after 11:30pm.
-Lotus Prince's "Clocktower II" LIVE (#3-6) & Mharz "Life is Strange" LIVE (#4-6)

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Item counts to Saturday (July 25):
Step Count 2016: About 63,660
-Air Conditioner repaired, then ConBravo

Step Count 2017: About 77,000 (24 stars)
-On vacation in Stratford/Hamilton with Anne-Lise

Step Count 2018: Over 69,900 (12 stars)
-Knee pain, shift to warmed milk, "Time Police" audio work

Step Count 2019: Over 75,600 (13 stars)
-Family Islands Trip, step climbing, temporary loss of giraffe

STEP COUNT 2020: Over 66,850. 10 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 24 New (1 sent)
 18 were Daycare posts

RH Stress Level: 2 (Divine Buster)


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Week 110
-With little one 2:45-4:30am. Later start to day for all. Shared cereal again.
-Slides/Swings by 9:15am, back home for Mom before 10am. Stroller to ducks.
-Finish lawn before lunch. Dad Snooze, including 1.5 hrs of sleep himself.
-Retrieve swim diaper, then pool. More slides (pants vs shorts?) and swings.
-Aubrey & parents are there. Home for phoning (w/ dinner?). Basement (no giraffe).
-Bath, bed, dishes, recovery time. (Weekend plan of back and forth? Gone.)
-(She likes having us both.) Mon Dad time; breakfast ok. Slides attempt; rain.
-Dropoff, shopping/bills. Home before 11am, back out to Covid Test Site.
-Arrival after 11:30; 2+ hours outside. Hour inside. Test done 3pm. Home.
-Finished "After Hours" yuri manga in that time. Quick grooming and vacuum, pickup.
-All are tired; swings over slides. Photos. Low key evening. Awake 4am.
-Sees Mom; in our room 5pm. Asleep less than an hour. Played with plane.
-Spent day upgrading phone, social media. Evening inside; water pour practice.
-Evening RDA 20th anniversary. Quiet overnight, rain. Again morning trucks in bed.
-Less puddle interest; day of tidying (inside/out) and sewing diaper bag.
-Evening bike, only to slides. Evening catching up with messages; good overnight.
-Morning PJs to 8am, then wanted me to join on slides. Camera pickup 10am.
-More serious writing morning, then packing for trip, dishes. Gas up car.
-Inside evening, excited sushis and ice cream. Later FINAL CTP and writing.

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