Thankfully didn't wake until 6 a.m. Alleluia!
Fed pets
Made coffee
Read from Deuteronomy, Church Fathers, Lumen Fedei. I must read more from my assigned reading and also work on my research assignment this week. That's due Sunday by midnight. I was taking a break yesterday since I had a 3 page essay due this past Sunday.
Did load of laundry
Posted in on going class discussion for Theo course. I am so used to skimming when I am on line, that I have to stop myself and force myself to read every word posted in these discussions. Theology is deep stuff that takes precision in thought. I find I am really lazy about this and need to discipline myself.
Must take Dylan to his drs appt. Need to leave by 8 a.m.
Took Dylan - turns out the clinic's fridge had been on the fritz over the weekend so they didn't know if vaccines were good so he didn't get a shot. That's the second time this has happened with their vaccines. They need a new fridge.
Came home. Vivianne made us scrambled eggs and French toast.
Showered and listened to this interesting podcast on CM and physical education.
Social Worker from St. L came over and took V. out shopping for food and baby items.
B has been super droopy and surprisingly isn't really focusing on her history exam. She won't study with us though, yet she keeps complaining that she can't concentrate.
S and I went to Panera and studied some there until 1:30 or so.
Wrote up cover letter for AHG thing and drove everything over the the parish to have priest sign off on religious awards stuff. Now that Rick got audible working in my car, I am listening to Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. Oh my, I love that early 18th century language. I am so weird. I love it when the narrator reads off long quotes in Latin. Johnson wrote in Latin in his own diary!
Tried to find a someone to repair S.'s harmonica. Looks like the closest person is in Montclair NJ. I tried looking up Washington Folklore society, bluegrass musicians, etc. No luck. He is soooo bummed. So then I came up with the idea that we'd buy him another harmonica for his half-birthday. His birthday is 12/22 and it is always swallowed up by Christmas, so we always say we owe him a half-birthday celebration to make up for the fact. Well his half-birthday is 6/22 so as an early present we'd replace the harmonica. Then he could use the broken harmonica to really explore how they work so that in the future he could repair it.
I did find out in my searches around the internet on harmonicas that they are having a big harmonica gathering/workshop in Edinburgh Scotland this summer. Seriously, I would love to go. S can go to the workshop and Rick and I can explore Scotland. I think it's a great idea!
Poor B is really under the weather or something. My usually attentive student just can't pull herself together to study well at all. I don't know if it is her time of the month or what. She's got rehearsal tonight as well.
Helped S study some more before I had to stop and make dinner. I modified my old white enchilada chicken casserole to be vegetarian. I replaced the chicken with a can of drained black beans, about 1/3 of a bag of frozen corn and a couple of small/medium zucchini grated up. I thought it was pretty good. Sean gave it a 6.5 on a scale of 1 to 10. Vivianne helped me cook it. Little Dylan is starting to crawl around and get into things and he's too busy to eat, but he's also very small for his age. I think he is going to be a small wiry type. Anyway, she's trying to get food into him but he isn't interested.
Ran B to her rehearsal, listening to Johnson on the way there and back.
Studied more with S. Whew, finally through the whole study guide. So the plan is that he's going to review in the morning and then take the test in the afternoon. I will have to run the tests to the teacher's house directly as it is due tomorrow. I cancelled B's math tutor for tomorrow too. She's been so draggy lately, I just want her to focus on history and get that over with. She'll be doing math all summer so missing this time isn't going to change things much.
W called and it turns out that he is going to World Youth Day in Poland! His friend, the seminarian, put W's Back Bay Mobile Soup Kitchen down as an organization so they have a bunch of people traveling together. W is going to try to pay for everything himself. I think he is really excited. He is very tired though. He gave a really successful concert on Saturday and he's been busy getting another performance ready. He's on a real high about it all but I think he needs to sleep more.
J said he'd p/u B at 9. I know they just came out with a report and everyone is tut tutting that more older children living at home is a bad thing, but actually it is a great thing! Because when you are older, adult children are very helpful to have around! I can see why the Amish just build on extensions to their houses. The more adults around the easier the load is for everyone.
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