Going Green is Great!

I'm posting this as fast as I can.  I only have a short time before "they" decide I've had enough electricity and turn it off again.  No, we haven't had an ice and snow storm to knock out power.  It just got cold.  It hasn't been this cold since 1989...but, you know, global warming.

See, not an ice storm.  Not a snow storm.

 I've been without power for 36 hours.  Oh, and we have no water or cell service either.  It's been super fun. Wanna see how cold your house gets with no power for 36 hours just because somebody decided you don't get to have power.

After 36 hours we've been gifted with electricity off and on.  

Oh, and we get to live like this for at least the rest of the week. 

Chloe Update

Chloe has been staying busy in her role as queen of the household. 

She takes her duties very seriously. 

Me Update

 So if you've been in my life for awhile (longer than Jason) you might remember that way back in 1993 I had bunion surgery on both feet. It was life changing. 

LIFE CHANGING.  

But in the last year and half or so, I started to notice that the bunion on my left foot was growing back. (I didn't know bunions could grow back, but after perusing the internet, yep, they can, and usually do.) 

Now looking at my bunion you'd probably say, "I've seen way worse".  Yes, I can promise you've seen way worse, but I wanted to get it fixed since it was already causing me pain (anytime I wore any shoes) and bunions don't go away or get better. 

So yesterday I had surgery and got that pesky bunion taken care of.  They cut along my old scar line so that I now have 2 screws in my left foot (one from 1993 and a new 2021 model).  The doctor also made another incision on top of my foot to go in and straighten up my big toe that was starting to get shoved over by the bunion. 

And here's what I look like now.  

I'm getting around fine, no crutches.  And if I know me, I'll figure out a way to get my self back in the gym on Monday...even if I have to sit and be fit! 

Reed Update

 So Reed and his basketball team had a great game about 2 weeks ago.  It was so fun and exciting I only got this picture. Reed's 12. 

After the game a player on the other team tested positive for the 'rona.   He had no symptoms, was the only person in his family to test positive, and had only tested because grandma was coming to town.

The next day (Friday) our whole basketball team got kicked out of school, told they couldn't test until Monday morning, and could come back to school with proof of a negative test.

The entire team tested negative and everybody got to go back to school, but they still cancelled practice for the week plus their game that wasn't until Thursday night.  

So two schools suffered because of a positive test from another school. 

Then this week they had a bye, so next week will be their last game.  That's right, a three game season. Thanks ridiculous covid procedures. 

Kyle Update

The pool time that Kyle gets on Saturdays is from 8-10, which means he has to leave the house at 7:00!  Poor thing gets up earlier on Saturdays than he does on school days.  

But thanks to the body pillow Jason gave me for Christmas, we've figured out how to make the back of the car as comfortable as possible so he can get a few extra z's on the way.  

And since we (parents) aren't allowed to go inside, and I'm the same height as a middle school child,  I usually find myself catching a few extra z's on Saturday mornings too. 

Here are a few recent videos.

JR Update

 If this is was a normal year, we'd be having the big spring musical right now with JR playing the part of Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mattress. (The part he wanted.) But that has been pushed back until May (hopefully), so JR is staying busy working.  

He's also been practicing for their UIL show Eurydice. He's playing the part of Orpheus.  If you're familiar with Eurydice, Orpheus and Eurydice are so in love that after she dies he goes to the underworld to try and bring her home.  (Honestly I figured he'd get the part of the devil since he auditioned doing his best Mick Jagger impersonation.)  But Orpheus is a big music lover, and JR gets to play some of his original music on his guitar, so I think it will be a good part for him. 

Because of The Rona, all the kids have to wear masks for the entire show and they can't even touch each other.  I'm not sure if we even get to go see it, I'm guessing not. 

Flying High

 Kyle is trucking along with this diving.  There aren't any meets, and he isn't getting as much time at the pool as before, but they are making due with what they have.

I'm not allowed to go in, so I don't ever get to video him, but it's nice when the kids video each other so I get to see what he's working on.

It definitely looks like he's about to touch the ceiling!