I don't think there is a lot to report this week, but maybe I will think of something as I go along here. It was mostly a normal week--Seth did school, Frank worked a ton, and I did the housework and worked on projects. That's the summary. Here's a few more details, though.
Frank continues to be very busy, as usual, although this week has seemed quieter than last week. He didn't fall down again, at least! He probably ended up working last Friday for 2 or 3 hours--all of it on the phone, though. There was some sort of problem at a restaurant in Virginia that needed someone onsite to fix it, but someone else went there and then Frank talked him through it on the phone. I was glad he didn't have to go anywhere, at least! But on Sunday there were some bigger issues with 2 restaurants in Virginia and he did end up going there to take care of those problems. As a matter of fact, including travel time he ended up working about 7 hours on Sunday. At least by then he was more rested and not quite as sore, although he is still healing and still experiencing pain & discomfort. His knee is still swollen and has a pretty decent bruise on it now, in addition to the cut. He had a follow up doctor visit Monday morning, though, and he was released to return to work (he didn't mention he'd already done that!) and everything seems to be healing. It's just going to take time. He had an overnight install on Monday night which thankfully didn't go all night...he got home around 3:00 am. He worked about a half day on Tuesday and the rest of the week has worked mostly normal hours (which for Frank is about 7:30 am to 5:00 pm).
On Sunday we had an online Sunday School class which I enjoyed (Frank had to leave to solve those problems at work so he missed it) and Seth had an online Deacon's Quorum class. I did some indexing and added photos to family search.
Seth's schedule for his school classes is going to change next week but I don't know exactly what it's going to look like yet. He will be starting Spanish, which he will be taking through the county's virtual school because the Spanish teacher at his school quit last minute. He will also be dropping art and taking only PE and music--he'll do art instead of music for the 2nd half of the year. I hear he will have PE and music classes only once per week (right now he has PE 3 times and music and art 2 times each) but I'm waiting to see if that is what really happens. I'm hoping that the overall schedule changes will mean that he doesn't have to get online quite so many times throughout the day, but we'll see how it goes. They are still using Google Classroom for all their work and I haven't heard any updates on when they are switching to schoology. I personally wouldn't mind if they just stuck with Google Classroom, but the rest of the school district is using schoology so that is what they are supposed to be using. Seth is doing pretty well with keeping up with his work, as far as I can tell. I am mostly letting him handle it. He is not great at getting up in the morning and he wasn't getting exercising done so he has switched his exercise time to the evening. I would say this week he seems to be more restless and not quite so disciplined. He takes breaks more frequently (but I figure that's one advantage to the virtual model, so I let him take breaks when he feels like he needs them) and I feel like he's procrastinating work a bit more. Today, though, he just finished his online morning meeting / classes and he said he is all up to date and the only thing he needs to do between now and his specials classes this afternoon is one assignment, which takes about 30 minutes (and he's doing that now). So in spite of the extra breaks he is still getting everything done. (At least, I think he is!)
On Tuesday evening Seth had an online Deacon's activity. They wanted to learn how to make something, so Seth volunteered us to teach them all how to make chocolate chip cookie bars. I thought I was going to have to do it, but Frank was actually home that evening so he did most of the teaching (I did help a bit here and there). I was glad Frank was available since he's the one who created the recipe and he's a lot better at making them than I am. All the other Deacons and their leaders got their own ingredients (I sent them the recipe ahead of time) and followed along and made their own pan of cookie bars. The only problem with that is that now we have a big panful of cookie bars and only 3 of us to eat them (and two of us are trying not to eat stuff like that). Frank did take a plateful to his office the next day to share with his coworkers, which helped. I have been really disciplining myself and only eating 3 or 4 a day. (I know that doesn't sound like very great discipline but really--I could eat 10 or more a day if I don't pay attention to what I'm doing!! Also, we cut them into really small squares so they aren't very big.)
I've kept busy this week with reading and projects. I'm continuing to read the book about ADHD and I'm also reading a book about anecdotes from the White House, which is pretty entertaining. As far as projects go, I finished the hat I was crocheting on Monday. It looks like this:
(Side view)
I'm pleased with the way it turned out except I think it's a little bit big. I am planning to start another hat soon. I had to order yarn for the next one but was able to pick it up at the store on Tuesday. In the meantime, while I was at the store I got some fabric to make some Christmas pillowcases. I cut all the pieces out for those yesterday and will probably start sewing them today or tomorrow. Pillowcases are easy so they won't take long to finish.
I spent a lot of time going through photos and gathering information for a Christmas blog post that I'm working on. There's still a lot to do, but I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel!
I spend so much time indoors that I am starting to feel a bit of cabin fever lately. It's hard to get away for walks since Seth is online all day and then we're into dinner hour when he finishes his school work each day. I find myself wandering out onto the deck a couple of times a day, just to get some fresh air. The weather is cooling down here and starting to feel a little like fall. Frank actually turned off the A/C a few days ago! We've had a few nights that the temperatures have dropped to the 40s. It's mostly been dry this week and it looks like it's going to stay that way for a while. (Meanwhile, there's all that flooding from Hurricane Sally to the south!)
I did get out of the house for a few hours on Saturday. I met my friend Rebekah at a park so we could visit and get caught up. It was really nice to see her! It was cloudy that day with temperatures in the low 60s and almost I needed a jacket to be comfortable, but not quite. She has a daughter who is at her first semester at BYU, and one of her daughter's roommates was having symptoms of Covid-19 (fever, cough, loss of taste & smell). Her daughter has been quarantining but the rest of her roommates thought she was overreacting and they were going all over the place. It's not very reassuring to hear stories like that! I just checked in with my friend this morning and she says now 2 more of her daughter's roommates are having symptoms. Two of them have been tested, but she doesn't know the results yet. At least her daughter is still feeling well at this point. Hopefully that will continue!
That's all the news from around here that I can think of. Here are a few photos of Seth that I took because he was reading his scriptures and I thought he looked sweet. (Of course he noticed I was there and looked up!)
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