Week 124
-With little one by 6:30am, croissants. Run before school, support day, manage to finalize last unit with tests including in-class. Start grading, also emails. Shopping trip, back home. Family time, Dad time, including yoga mat fun. Signs of tired by 6pm, bed before 7pm but needs help. NaNo Discord by 7:45pm, whole mess of fire engines. 9pm switch to RDA, finish many items (new post, pay Daycare, tidy car, etc). Bed before midnight.
-Terrible night, most sleep was on floor of her room. Spacy morning; eventually corrected all in-class and totalled, also started writing in solutions for stats. Staff meeting (online) before 3pm. Pickup and home, crash for 20 min. Family time & Dad time (including mouse play and dinner), getting tired. NaNo words from after 7:30-9pm, then dinner. Bed by 10:30pm.
-Up with little one from 6am (awake with Mom before that). Break after 7am, head out to Traffic Duty for ~40 minutes before 8:15am. Check USA updates, finish marking scheme and start sorting handouts and old tests into my 3M/3C. (Attempted questions in Gr 9 Meet flop.) Do some writing through lunch. Leave for pickup 3pm, bring car in for tires (some new) 3:30pm, home via scones. Clean up, back out 4:30pm to pick up car. By 5pm Dad time for 75 min including park trip, dinner. Brief break to 6:30pm. Tidy kitchen, vector to bed, deal with cooking. By 8pm, NaNo words. 9pm, dinner break. Social media, bed 11:30pm.
-Over 1.5 hr on floor but some sleep&. Half hour checking medias, to school. Morning starts with writing, then attempt Gr 9 Meet Qs, handle emails. Anime Club (VLE) during Music Support (no sound). Then lunch and grading. Meet, quick shopping (for Fri lunch), home. Brief break, family time after 5pm for an hour of park. Then Dad time including dinner to before 7pm; bed routine. By 8pm, NaNo words. 9pm, dinner break. Before 10pm, little one crisis; Mom takes over before 10:30pm, pass out.
-Up with Alexandra 5:30am; out of chair an hour later; tidy for cleaners. Mom joins after 7am. Pullups talk at Daycare (seems no). Last support day at work; no one in Meets, I get grading caught up (some items still outstanding). Staff gather 1pm outside with cookies. Home, 5pm I clean ladders and put away Halloween items, then family to park. Pick up food, still 30 min park, home for dinner. Dad time under 30 min, bath and bed. By 8pm, NaNo words. 9pm, dinner break. Bed by 10:30pm.
-Some dreams*, partially awake 5am with her, fully awake 6:20am with her. From 7am, working with Untied blog. Out 9am, Dad time for 3 hours from 9:20am; indoors a bit of everywhere. After lunch, Mom takes snooze, I do Music WriteIn 1pm. Also tidy. They talk to France after 3:30pm, I lie down, end up asleep for 40 min. We all go out by 5pm to parks, home over an hour later, Dad time includes dinner. To bed after 7pm, asleep by 8pm, I do emails, photos and social media. Then finish Untied blog post. Bed midnight.
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Item counts to Saturday (Nov 7):
Step Count 2016: About 52,000
-ALL the writing, including considerations for restored math comic.
Step Count 2017: Over 60,250 (15 stars)
-Board messed with me as I returned to work. Marking for reports.
Step Count 2018: Over 68,800 (10 stars)
-Grading in car with little one, sicknesses and mostly downstairs sleeping.
Step Count 2019: Over 73,400 (16 stars)
-Haircut, Big School Fight, OSSTF 100 yr with balloons. All Day Writein.
STEP COUNT 2020: Over 57,250. 10 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 132 New (54 sent)
Removed 15 evidence exports and 17 Gr 9 Meet msgs
We have completed DAY 48. Now taught for 19 days vs. quarantine only six.
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Week 125
-Dreamt of teachings; giraffe tossed at 3am is wanted at 5am. Scanning medias before 6am. All having yogurts after 7am. Final week of Data concludes three lessons; parent email and others. Shopping after school. Home, some back and forth before family dinner after 6pm. Towards bed 7pm; NaNo writing from 7:30-9pm. Dinner and RDA afterwards, bed before 11pm.
-Vivid but fleeting dreams; awake before 6am as Mom still next door. With little one from 6:30am. Finish main teaching with other Cohort. Update test and stream, messages, quick shopping. Do Car Wash on way home, which goes very badly; pick up Mom en route and then home routine. Some back and forth time. Bed towards 7:30pm, I'm on NaNo Zoom writing by 8pm. Dinner after 9pm, bed before 11pm.
-Some time from 6:30am to tidy writing. Poppy for Alexandra, Remembrance Day Ceremony at work, not much in terms of teaching so catch up (temporarily) in grading. Gift from student is nice. Photocopier issues, preview tomorrow's videos, Anime post. Pickup and home, out before 5pm to put away hose (water off) and enjoy last evening over 10 degrees. Park, and looking at stars. Corn for supper. She's asleep before 8pm, I deal with school quizzes then NaNo Writing. Break for a run (forgot pedometer to school), finish after 10pm. Then grade tests. To bed after midnight.
-With little one from 6:30am. Cereal sharing. Does not want to leave; cries en route. Finish grading tests, then last in-class test. During which I set up marking scheme, new Classrooms and send Math Contest msg. An hour to finish course, then Dept Meeting over lunch. Break, set up library test and briefly talk with other Dad Teachers. Then finish Fragtime during after school run (been reading it then, in bits since finishing Life's Strange). Home, quick turnaround as Mom has appointment. 45+ min with little one, then 45+ min to lie down/clean out garage. Dinner, towards bed; I'm into NaNo writing before 8pm. After 9pm, dinner. By 10pm, grading papers. After 11pm, finalizing Smoke writing. Photo sort. Bed midnight.
-With little one after 5:30am; break before 6:30am. Fall 7am, family time. Last day of Quadmester 1, final test (again) during which I catch up grading and arrange next cohort. Later need to check IEPs, reprint seating plans, send Class invites, etc. Leave 3:30pm, quick shop to avoid cooking, home. Mom time 45 min, Family time 30 min, Dad time 45 min, then dinner. Bath, bed by 8pm, I'm dreading everything. Do some NaNo. Manage some grading. Bed after 11pm.
-Dreamt&. Up 5:30am; take over with Alexandra 6am. She falls asleep after 6:30am so I grade papers for half an hour. Dad time from 7:30am to after 9am (with brief family breakfast), bit more grading, Dad time for half an hour. NaNo AllDay from 10-12, then cook lunch. An hour to find snooze, I log back in at 2pm for half an hour. Rest half an hour. Some Dad time, NaNo from 3:30pm for an hour. (Over 2500 words total.) Dad time from 4:30-5:30pm, family time, Dad time for 20 min, family time, eventually bed after 7pm. Depart 8:15pm to get NaNo Baggie and Do Shopping. Home by 10pm, dinner and dishes. Back into grading papers after 11:30pm, whee.
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Step Count 2016: About 57,300
-Went to a staff gathering. Started putting NaNo work on Wattpad.
-Full work week. NaNo at 23k, first TTNexus article, last fertility injection.
-Colleague funeral, flu shot, 3-flow bottle, book from Group.
STEP COUNT 2020: Over 54,700+. 10 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 172 New (59 sent)
We have completed DAY 53. Now taught for 24 days vs. quarantine only six.
Week 126
-Five hrs sleep, too much on my mind. Do some writing, get breakfast, Dad time from 6:30am. After 7am, send placemat updates. Near breakdown over waffles. Keep it together, new class at school, juggling seating and remote learning Meet and parabolas. Take lunch, grade medias. Continue that at home; then family time (out to park but dark). Some Dad time, eventually asleep 7:30pm, again grading. NaNo from 8:40-9:20pm, grading. Collapsed before 11pm, though little one 11:30pm.
-Mom takes over before 3am; I'm in before 6am for half an hour. Then finalizing media assigns and sending emails to students wondering about missing work. Not out until after 7:15am; slower morning. Arrive 8:15am, again snippy before class, but re-run of Monday goes okay. Lunch, then handle attendance, uploads, etc... as I finish after 2pm, call from RH. Pick up little one, fever. Scramble to get math contest and messaging dealt with. Home after 3:15pm, clean up, brief relief for Mom. 4:15-5:15pm I'm assembling the work to leave with a sub, then FINALLY half an hour of Stats Grading. Then Dad time. Then emailing around to figure out what Thurs looks like. Eventual bed, order pizza, and delivery guy drives on the lawn next door (whaaat?) then gets upset at me "for overreacting". I get back into grading, also a run. About 10:30pm, online to NaNo in class sprint. Bed before midnight.
-Six hrs sleep, Dad time for 1.5 hr from 6:45am (first 30 min asleep). Then 3 hrs of finishing all grading and tallying final marks (during Mom time). An hour to go to Doctor, Covid test (with sticker & mask) then return. After lunch, snooze time (which goes well) and I finish all report cards with comments. Also emails. Lie down 20 min, then Dad time continues to total 4 hrs (1.5 asleep). Teacher AGM 4:30pm! Over 1.5 hr later, Dad time for 30 min; dinner. Towards bed after 7pm, I'm in after 8pm for 30 min. NaNo brief write-in at 8:45pm, then my dinner; after 10pm join Discord for another writing session. Falling asleep after 11pm.
-Up a few times in night; in morning learn that no math teacher is able to cover. Then breakdown as I can't sort through the day. Eventually with Alexandra around 1.5 hrs, then 1.5 hrs to put together solutions for 3M lessons and post. Lunch, then tidy up the place; snooze does not go well with Mom. Work on tomorrow's lessons, wake them 3:30pm for ~3 hrs including trip outside and phoning grandparents. Break, also check messages. Family time from 7pm. Eventual bed; I help after 8pm. NaNo write to 9pm. Dinner; deal with text questions and start doing lesson solutions. 10:45pm brief NaNo. Still working past midnight.
-Bed 1am after emailing remote work. Dad time from 6:45am for an hour (mostly in bed), then queue up posts and remote attendance. Do dishes. Dad time from after 8:30am for 1.5 hrs to house cleaning. Break for 1.5 hrs to tidy and adjust background info for Untied. Briefly in Meet for own class, then lunch and snooze (~45 min to sleep). Handle emails, then do OSSTF vote, lie down briefly. Then subdued Dad time for 1.5 hrs, and (with negative test in) I head out shopping. Return in under an hour (they went out), then family time. Food pickup and freezer delivery. Bumpy sleep, I manage some NaNo writing in between. Dinner after 9pm with Szabo stream. Online play; bed before midnight.
-Decent night, morning shower. Family time from 8am, to Tatie's before 9am. Home, I do my run and retweak my writing. By 11am, out to buy boots and neck warmer for little one; stop at bookstore for her too. Home and lunch. Mom takes snooze, I do NaNo Roll20 Write-In until after 3pm. Then family time from 3:30pm, including trip to see boats that barely has any, and park - Dad time by then - where I have trouble with snowsuit and swings. Home after 5:30pm, I start dinner and take a brief break. Then more family time for over 30 min including chair climbing. Eventually vector to bed before 7:30pm. TWO HOURS to fall asleep. A bit of NaNo writing before first shift to me, then I'm so exhausted. To bed before dinner, before 10pm.
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Step Count 2016: 59,800
-Resuming regular teaching and writing. Discovered Lotus Prince.
Step Count 2018: Over 69,000 (10 stars)
-Math contests, movie, put up outside lights and parents in w/ gifts.
Step Count 2019: Over 67,100 (11 stars)
-BTTF Nexus column set, packed day incl Chrome training, snooze shenanigan.
STEP COUNT 2020: Over 63,100. 15 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 156 New (56 sent)
Not including 15 Placemat Exports Sent
We have completed DAY 58. Now taught for 29 days vs. quarantine only nine. (3 overlap)
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Week 127
-Cannot escape little one's room for less than 45 min after 2:30am. At 6:30am need to shovel snow (and snowman). Some family time, depart 7:30am because snowy roads; manage to deal with math contests before 8:30am. Teaching?! Check books, emails, attendance, try to assemble a new slide for Wednesday. Home, and math meeting from 5-6pm. Family time. Do NaNo write-in from 8-9pm despite mental warnings about catching up on work; then RDA. Bed by 10:30pm.
-With little one from 6am for an hour (half while in crib). Brief shovel of ice; depart before 8am solo ^o^. Run before school, class was a repeat of Monday (mostly). Finalize test and get some prep done, then mark on time quizzes and send emails to missing quizzes. Depart 3pm, quick shop, home. Depart home 4pm to get to where family is. (Little one fell in snow, got flu shot, didn't nap until stroller and then was having allergy tests.) Pickup and return by 5pm; Dad time with books and family time until sushis. Once I can, I finalize test. Brief NaNo break, finalize exponential handout. Then work through Car Project until after 12:30am.
-Bumps in night; tired. Bumps getting out in morning; goes okay (tree at Daycare!). During morning test, finalize a lesson on finance for 11:30am. After teaching need to deal with emails, sending seating plans, math contest invoice, emails to parents... no lesson prep time. Home, outside after 5pm for fun with sled for an hour. Misbehaving at dinner before 7pm. Eventually brief NaNo and get to work. Mandatory stuff done, complete collapse by 10:30pm.
-Awake after 5am; queue up email and relieve next door 6am. Up with little one 6:15am, dog car, dress, empty dishwasher, breakfast, after 7am find Mom. Quick quiz correction, sled outside in front until 7:55am. Regular school, course cohorts drifting out of synch. Manage quick shop, home and join others at sled about 5pm. Home 5:30pm, Dad time for half an hour includes photos. Dinner, last things, bed; I do Zoom NaNo for 45 mins, then dinner, then back to work prepping finance. Bed after 11pm.
-Up 5:45am with little one, swap out 6:30am to prep posts and an email. Regular school including no batteries and co-ordinating a student writing next week thanks to dept head; finish with song again. Finish typing minutes and send them out; take a look at 3M for next week. Break by 3:30pm for half an hour, home, break for 15 min, family time at 5pm but still collapse by 5:15pm. Back in after 5:45pm for an hour, family at dinner, eventually doing NaNo from 8-9pm. Dinner, then manage some grading. Distracted, bed before 1am.
-Up 6am with little one but we both sleep almost another hour in room. Dressed by 7:45am, Mom does breakfast, I do 30 min grading. Alexandra time for an hour, briefly together, then I grade and prep until 11:30am. Lunch prep, take snooze; goes well? Quick run, sort photos, then snooze myself. Up before 2:30pm, to Tatie's by 3pm. Home, and I start grading tallies/levels, then we go buy some presents for little one. To Tatie's by 5:30pm, hang around for half an hour. Once home, finish tallies and probability work; dinner then to bed. Dishes then cook dinner. NaNo Writing from 9pm; interrupted 11pm, bed not long thereafter.
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Item counts to Saturday (Nov 28):
Step Count 2016: About 55,230
-Had responses to my lament of posts that no one seemed to notice.
-WriteIns, musical rehearsal, procrastination on grading/review writing.
Step Count 2018: Over 72,000 (10 stars)
-Little one photo & protest, cut self cleaning dishes, first use of aspirator.
Step Count 2019: Over 71,850 (14 stars)
-Mall stroller walk, have colds (downstairs), nail clipping awake.
STEP COUNT 2020: Over 62,650. 10 stars.
SCHOOL EMAIL 2020: 137 New (72 sent)
We have completed DAY 63. Now taught for 34 days vs. quarantine only nine. (3 overlap)