From last weekend -- usually the local Boy Scout troop drives around with a pickup truck picking up Xmas trees to be recycled/composted, but they couldn't this year because of Covid. Instead, they had a dropoff spot down near the village town center. So Steve and I picked up our tree and carried it down the hill. Good thing it was downhill the whole way!
Otherwise, not much to report. We all continue with work and school, and both kids are thriving academically despite the challenges of remote learning. I am proud of their self-motivation and organization, because it's hard to stay on top of so much independent work. Both of them have twice-weekly soccer practices with their teams; Liesl has Zoom dance classes; Sebastian has podschool twice a week. They're both reading a lot, and re-reading (Calvin and Hobbes just got another complete re-read by both), and watching tv shows and playing video games. Any time the sun comes out, I kick them out of the house to play with Wyatt (he and Seb play basketball and soccer, or take Jasper for a walk) and Arianna (bike riding, soccer, playground play, walking Jazz). In truth, January has felt a little dark and damp and depressing.
But I have been running a lot, despite the rain. Anja and I meet up every Sunday at 9 to run the Leif Erikson trail in Forest Park, which is a wonderful chance to talk and connect. I've run with Christie (mom to a 4th grade girl, and my HTC partner) a few times around the Cedar Mills neighborhood. I'm hoping to go for a hike next weekend with Amy. And on Saturday I ran up the Terwilligar Road from Duniway field, where Seb was practicing soccer, and achieved a personal best for the 10k of 51.16 minutes (it's an 8.14 pace per mile).
Liesl and I got ice cream cones (waffle cones! unheard of treat!) last weekend on our mama-daughter day together; today we got Fill's doughnuts. The Boston cream was pretty special and will warrant a repeat visit. :)
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