I'll start out by fully admitting I am rather tired tonight - I think I got 2 hours sleep last night total. While she didn't puke anymore, the youngest daughter had a rough night. She's also not the best bed buddy as she is quite wiggly. When she woke up this morning, she really wanted to go to school so we tried our best. She took a shower and we did her hair - I could tell she wasn't quite her normal self. Once we got downstairs and took her temperature, it was a little high so we started a motrin/tylenol rotation. I had already decided she wasn't going to school but she wanted to try to eat. We did the dry toast - I told her up front that we weren't making this for taste, more to just get something in her belly. She made it about 1/2 way though the toast and said "I don't think I should go to school" - another check of her temperature and off to bed she went.
No issues with the teenager this morning, she had a positive start to her day. Same for the dog. They both probably could sense I was a little tired!
The 2nd grader took a short nap this morning and once the teenager left for school the dog passed out in her usual spot - the top step! I think she does that so she can see out the front door and get patted each time someone walks by. I cleaned up downstairs and read the paper - when I came back the dog had made her way into the youngest daughter's room and was sleeping on the part of the blanket that made its way onto the floor.
Our rain stopped just after midnight and we had a very pretty snow fall this morning from 9am to 11am. It was that really pretty, fluffy, white, big and juicy snow that kind of dances in the breeze. Some of the flakes would get close to the ground and then magically rise back in the sky. For the first 30 minutes nothing was sticking. Eventually the snow became heavier and for a little while we had a complete white-out. The grass got a dusting but nothing stuck on the roads. By noon today it was all gone.
Once the youngest daughter got up from her nap, we went through the temperature check routine and she was thirsty. We ran to the store and picked up some gatorade and some chicken strips for lunch. Once I baked the chicken, she didn't eat much but it was a start. She drank a small bottle of gatorade and slurped down a jell-o cup (always room for jell-o!). We poured some medicine down her and then watched a little bit of Phineas and Ferb. 20 minutes later we both were ready for a nap. I got almost a full hour and she got a little over 2 hours.
The nap must have had some magical powers - the 2nd grader woke up and started tormenting the dog (and vice versa) so I pretty well knew she felt better. We finished her home work from the previous day. I had a phone call from an HR person setting up a phone interview tomorrow morning - a local group is looking for a Training Manager with factory experience. We'll see how that goes.
The teenager got home at her normal time and she was bubbling about her day. She has a new series of AP classes she's taking and she's excited about that. She's sitting for her first series of AP tests from the first semester in April. Today was report card day and that added to her happiness as she made the Honor Roll. The good thing about this year is she has run into a teacher who is giving her fits in the classroom and she's struggled in the class. To her credit, she hasn't let it get her down and she's worked very hard. This was exactly the type of class she needed to remind her that not all school work is easy. One more positive thing for the teenager tonight - she took her drug test for her job at a local grocery store. This has been a very long, drawn out process but she is closer to starting actual work.
After the drug test, we stopped to get burgers – no one was really starving but if we waited until after church we’d be quite hungry. We made it to the church in plenty of time and had a chance to visit with some friends who also arrived early. Service was good – on Wednesday nights we are going through the ABC’s of Christian Growth and it is a very good class.
The evening ended with devotions and getting cleaned up. The girls’ devotion yesterday was “Sharon’s decision” and referenced 1 Samuel 15:22 – it talked about obeying your parents! Tonight they read “The Math Test” and referenced Philippians 4:6-7 – it talked about giving God all your worries. My devotion tonight was “Is your imagination of God Starved?” and referenced Isaiah 40:26. It talked about how the people of Israel had starved their imagination of God by looking upon the face of idols but Isaiah made them look to heaven instead.
Today just wasn’t all about us – my wife had a recovery/recreation day where they had a chance to go into Seattle. She was able to enjoy a couple of decent meals at real restaurants and go into the Space Needle. Tomorrow she returns to training and experiences close quarter combat training including the all time favorite – pugil sticks!!!! Those are those double ended poles with a modified boxing glove on both ends – think a giant Q-Tip on steroids. You take these sticks and learn how to move an opponent, control crowds or knock someone off balance. They do wear helmets and padding but you can still get the wind knocked out of you easily if you get out of position. I've seen more than one person really get the stuffing knocked out of them as well - normally a physical superior person doesn't pay too much attention during the training lecture because they incorrectly think "I don't need this training" - pugil sticks make up for a lot of physical limitations and I've seen many big guys go down in a heap to a much smaller person. Pugil stick training also cures a lot of problems in the barracks including noisy neighbors, bullies and other assorted issues.
Day Ten is over and here’s looking forward to Day Eleven!!
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