7/29/11

Toby, a photo by Hamstocks on Flickr.

Exhausted and thinking about new ways to use the blog. I have been thinking about some new writing projects.
I am going to try and post every night with a recap of the day. I also want to try putting together a zine. Here is today.
Toby woke us up around 1 am last night. This means I am presently exhausted. Toby went back to sleep... Lucky kid. Yogurt and granola for breakfast. A mellow day at the office. Home for lunch... Bagel sandwich. I made what I hope will be the final rough design for this high performance home campaign. I came home and had meatloaf for dinner. Henry's eye is in a weird place. He is taking both allergy medicine and antibiotics. His recovery is slow going.
The day was pretty boring, but really it was doomed from the start.

The eye which is pink

Moments, this week, a photo by Hamstocks on Flickr.

It is already Thursday. Geez. I made it back to the gym last night. It does feel good to be covered in working sweat, not just being hot sweat.

Henry has got the pink eye. I am super paranoid about catching it. He wasn't getting better and got a fever on top, so Virginia took him back to the doctor for stronger medicine. Two shots in the butt. He hates that. Shots in the butt are his biggest enemy. Maybe he will get better now. Let's hope it doesn't spread around.

Tonight will be working around the house. I want to get the studio ready for an easy transition this weekend. Going to get the new office/hobby room ready. I made a new batch of kombucha the other night and expanded it into a bigger container. I have to make sure it grows well, so that mold doesn't get in there.

Sleepless

A day's plans get thrown so far out of whack when the kids wake up at 4 am. The morning was lost. I let Virginia sleep in, then I went back to bed. Next it was toby's turn for a nap. We tried to save a bit of the afternoon. I fixed the composter, and we put kids art in the dining room. Now, it is a little after 8, and I am in bed for the night. I sure hope we don't repeat this in the morning.

trying to figure out a weekend plan

A big and nice list. It would be nice to do some sort of fun outing with the kids. I am thinking maybe swimming at a friend's house or going to the museum (maybe the springs).

Lots of work needs to be done. We are going to start getting Toby's room converted to an office and Henry's room converted to a shared space. This also means cleaning out the studio space a bit, and getting the crib and changing table sold. This also means getting our bedroom cleaned up (taking out the desks, etc.). I also want to figure out why the composter isn't emptying compost the way it should. There is also a plan in the works to put up kids art in the dining room.

It should be a pretty serious work weekend, but maybe we can make it fun as well.

Success

Dominoes, a photo by Hamstocks on Flickr.

Henry and Toby did really well sharing the bunk beds. I couldn't sleep, being paranoid about what would happen if Toby woke up in the night. It worked out though. Also, Henry pooped in the potty. This is a very big deal. Also I went to the gym. I tried out reading the Ipad on the treadmill. It worked out okay except that the Ipad kept hitting the incline button, and I kept being surprised by having to run up a very steep hill. Eugene was there and it was nice to have a friend to run with. We have loose plans to meet back up on Wednesday.

A new week

We did a stenciling project this weekend and Henry was really into it. Mostly though, he has just been wanting to knock down dominoes.

It is Monday and I am sorting out my week. Tonight we will do a trial run with Toby sleeping on the bottom bunk and Henry on the top. If this works out, Toby will be moving into Henry's room very soon, and we will turn Toby's room into an office/hobby room. This is also great because it will make putting the kids to bed a one person job, making it feel less selfish for one of us to go out in the evening. Also, it will make cleaning out the studio easier, because we can prioritize what we want to keep and put these few things in the office (everything else must go).

I am trying to plan some trips to the gym this week, and maybe something fun for the kids next weekend. I want to either go out or have people over once a week. That should be a minimum.

At work I have some projects that are starting to come around and launch. This is kind of a brainstorming and focusing week for these things (newsletter update, high performance home campaign, document library, Wild Spaces Public Places Report).

Henry has two hyperbaric sessions this week. Maybe this will give us a better idea of how well it is working.

Time to clean up