Slept well last night. The office was cold, so I drank hot tea throughout the day to keep me warm.  Completed the 3rd draft of the training manual. Tomorrow we will have another meeting to see if everyone is fine with it. It was a nice sunny day, the kids played outside while I cooked and cleaned. After dinner I tossed around a frisbee with my daughter in the backyard. Played Out Foxed with the kids before bedtime.

Since I go to bed at 7:30 pm to give me an hour to myself to read or watch YouTube videos, and the sunsets at 7:45 pm, I am thinking of going to bed at 8 pm and so I have more time outside while the sun is out.

Time is going fast for me right now. Weeks are flying by, and the kids are growing up insanely fast. I think an extra 30 minutes would be beneficial.

🌤️49°F – 34°F 😐 | Seattle 

I woke up with a sore back. I must have slept wrong. I went into the office and worked on the never-ending training guide. I feel bad not doing more over the weekend with the kids. This Friday after school I am going pick up the kids from school, pick up McDonald’s Happy Meals, and drive to the local airport and watch the planes land and take off. We used to do this when they were younger. They brought it up a few days ago saying they missed it. With the minivan and a few bean bags in the back, I think it would be fun. Another thing we need to do is get haircuts. Our hair cut routine involves a haircut and playing at the arcade across the street from the barber shop.

🌨️ 45°F – 33°F 😐 | Seattle 

I was up all last night because of my allergies. I got out of bed at 8:30 am and headed to the couch. By noon I finally started to do things around the house. I just felt tired and not motivated to do anything. I watched TV and played games with the kids for most of the day. My daughter and I drew for a little bit. In the evening I filled the bathtub with hot water and laid there for over an hour. My weekend plans were placed on hold for another week. Before bed we read to each other and gave good night hugs.

🌧️ 45°F – 35°F 🥱 | Seattle 

It was a slow day at work. I’m glad the workday is over, and the weekend has come. The day has been a wet one and I expected more for the next few days. We might even get some snow on Sunday. My spacers for the breaks have arrived and I will be working on installing them tomorrow. Once the breaks are working correctly, I am going to take a test run in the Cascades next weekend.

The Betty Crocker’s Cooking Calendar cookbook arrived this morning. Can’t wait to crack it open tonight and check all the 1962 cooking recipes arranged in months and seasons. I enjoy checking out old books and movies before my time. I find it interesting.

🌧️ 44°F – 37°F 🙂 | Seattle 

I started drawing with my daughter. She is rather good and loves doing it. I always wanted to start drawing and paint with watercolors. So why not start now? We spent an hour outside drawing things like flowers and trees. I haven’t pulled out the watercolors yet. Just wanted to get the feel of pencil on paper. My daughter is already incorporating depth in her drawings. She was surprised I could actually draw. It made me laugh. I guess I stopped drawing for fun a long time ago. I cooked some steak for dinner with mashed potatoes on the side with grilled green beans. It was pretty good.

The kid’s cookbook came in yesterday and the kids picked some recipes they would like to make. I need to purchase some ingredients to make them this weekend. They are easy to make and it should be entertaining to watch them make dinner and dessert. They are pretty bright, so I expect little assistance from my part. They also have experience helping with the cooking and baking. They just never did it by themselves.

⛅ 51°F – 39°F 🥱 | Seattle 

I have adjusted my wakeup time to 4:20 am to better fit my work schedule. It allows enough time to get ready for work and not be rushed doing it. It’s nice driving to and from work with little traffic. The only cavoite is that the office lights doesn’t turn on until half an hour after I start work. It’s fun walking to and from the kitchen in the dark with a flashlight. I brought a small lamp that I was going to give away. It gives enough light to find things around the desk. I spent half the day in meetings and did very little of actual work.

Once I got off work, I helped build Lego sets with the kids and showed my oldest how to fix one of his toys. He did most of the work. I just guided him.

The rest of the day I spent outside enjoying the sunshine flipping through pages of the Betty Crocker Outdoor Cook Book.

🌤️ 59°F – 39°F 🙂 | Seattle 

I have been getting to work a half an hour before my shift starts, using the time to work on my journal writing for the website. It allows me to write much more to give a expansive view of the day, unlike my short twitter updates. Since I arrive at work before sunrise, I do my work in the parking lot in my car. I have one of those convertible portfolio cases that you can slide on the steering wheel of the car. You can store your laptop, pens, and pad in it. It works well and I have been using it for over a year.

 After work I went shopping for this week’s groceries. The rest of the day I cooked and did household chores like laundry and dishes. I didn’t have much free time for myself. Read to the kids and went to bed.

This has been my typical Tuesday since I was required to work from the office. If I push my chores to another day, it just avalanches to other days. So, it is easier for me to have one exhausting day than have two.

⛅ 57°F – 41°F 🥱 | Seattle