If you caught with the Time Tracking Challenge this far, congratulations! You’ve virtually made it. Just get your self to five a.m. tomorrow — maybe with a pleasant, restful sleep — and also you’re there. Hopefully you’ve obtained some fascinating information and observations to work with. If the expertise has proven you something, I’d love to listen to about it!
After posting final evening, I did one other half-hour on my puzzle (10-10:30 p.m.). I went as much as see if children have been transferring towards mattress (the massive ones; it’s a weekend). I learn in mattress for a bit after which went to sleep at 11:20 p.m. I awakened at 6 a.m. and thought I could be up for the day, however I managed to return to sleep till my alarm went off at 7:30 a.m.
I showered and thought the home sounded delightfully quiet. I made my espresso, settled in to learn slightly Jane…and heard the 3-year-old screaming for me. Sigh. The subsequent 40 minutes featured getting him and the 8-year-old (!) breakfast. I completed doing my hair and make-up, after which the 8-year-old and my husband took off for climbing class, and I took the 3-year-old to church (the massive children stayed house. Sometimes I come again to get them in between rehearsal and church, and simply make it in time for the service, however for the reason that 3-year-old got here with me I couldn’t go away him on the church nursery with out me there). He zipped into the nursery after which off to the 9 a.m. artwork class with nary a take a look at me. I went to the choir loft and rehearsed with my choir for half-hour. After, my choir director talked about that one of many church members’ whose artwork was being showcased within the church gallery had handed away on Friday evening, apparently after a very long time of varied sicknesses. It was fascinating to listen to about how she had managed life, and so I went to go examine her collages and her full-canvas marker items — simply bubbles of vitality (which was within the identify of one of many works). It was fascinating and poignant on the similar time.
We sang within the service, after which I collected the 3-year-old from his Sunday School class. They had realized about Anna and Simeon and ready, and when he was requested what he discovered it exhausting to attend for, he mentioned “for my hair to develop.”
We got here house (11:20 a.m.) and I did slightly extra Jane studying whereas my husband confirmed the 3-year-old Darth Vader within the first scenes of Star Wars (I suppose he’d requested). Then we cooked a brunch of types and had household lunch. So we hit three household meals for the week! Pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Then we lit a candle and sang joyful birthday to the 8-year-old since we realized we had forgotten the evening earlier than (how was this potential? He doesn’t like cake, so we didn’t have a cake, and we have been going to have cookies, however everybody slipped off, together with him and…)
Starting round 12:45 p.m., I performed with the 8-year-old and the 3-year-old outdoors for some time. The 8-year-old obtained some rocket launchers for his birthday. My husband took the 15-year-old to Starbucks (sure) to satisfy a good friend there, after which he went to the gymnasium (it was his flip). Around 1:30, the 2 little guys and I got here again inside and I learn the 3-year-old a narrative, he had some milk, and he fell asleep on my lap.
I made a decision to not attempt to switch him to the crib, so there I sat. I re-read This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, since we’re studying that for the BOBW Patreon ebook membership. He began stirring round 2:45 p.m., and my husband obtained house however wanted to bathe earlier than our date evening, so I referred to as the 11-year-old in to observe the toddler whereas I went to go get the 15-year-old, however then our weekend babysitter was already within the driveway, so it was a brief lived babysitting gig.
(I understand I haven’t talked about the 13-year-old a lot on this day. I feel he was on the pc taking part in video games 90% of the time…)
I obtained house at 3:10 p.m. and my husband drove us downtown to the artwork museum, the place we had tickets for the Matisse within the Thirties exhibit. So, apparently, did everybody else within the metropolis of Philadelphia, as a result of we waited in a 30-minute line to get within the exhibit! I learn extra Benedict Cumberbatch…(making an attempt to do effortful earlier than easy!). We have been lastly within the gallery round 4:15, and checked out Matisse’s work till 4:50 or so. Many “odalisques.” Matisse was requested why he favored to color these and he gave the apparent reply that he favored portray feminine nudes. Yes, one imagines.
We obtained again within the automotive and went to Talula’s Garden for dinner (5:15 reservation). We could have eaten extra greens there than we had all week. We had a aspect of Brussels sprouts and my salmon had kale and beets. Maybe that makes up for all the pieces else… We have been house by 7 p.m., at which level I let the 3-year-old watch one thing on YouTube Kids whereas I did my puzzle for an hour. I’m virtually finished!
Then I took him and the 8-year-old up round 8:10 p.m. and gave them a shower. I largely scrolled whereas they entertained one another for 40 minutes or so with the occasional want for intervention. I suppose I’d had sufficient studying on the Kindle for the day. Now my husband is studying to the 3-year-old and hopefully placing him to mattress and I’m posting this. I didn’t learn my full 10 pages of Jane, so I most likely ought to get again to that…