It's so hard getting even the little things done, like pay a bill, or log in to a kid's computer program. Those should be quick things to shuffle out of the way, but they end up taking a lot of time and mental bandwidth. I'd rather spend my mental energy on bigger things. With 4 of us in school, me blogging, and Chris working, our data usage is skyrocketing, and we don't even let anyone watch YouTube at all. Little things like making lemonade, grabbing paper towel rolls, and washing dishes also take longer because you are shuffling other things around to get to the thing you need.
The perk is a short drive day and the kids are out playing. They are enjoying a new playground every few days and it's fun to see them play together. Tonight's dinner restaurant choice was easy: go where the cops go--the day shift was eating lunch when we checked in and evening shift had dinner while we were there. We even came back for the butter cake later, since it's supposed to be a St. Louis specialty--yum, yum!
**WED 5/15 School/home day
Marissa and I sat outside (after putting towels over the dry scratchy picnic table and bench) for breakfast and work time. We had to shade the screen and turn up the display brightness to be able to see out there. Marissa did some reading and reading quizzes, and I got to proofread for Chris before his class this afternoon.
The cell coverage for Verizon is poor here. Six phone calls later, I found a library Chris could have a room to work in and we used library wifi. Chris was so confident in the part of town we ended up in, that he had the girls check out the window periodically to make sure the Jeep was still parked outside.
Today is printer day. We only pull it out once a week; it stays stored away the rest of the time. It's another example of how simple things are a pita... jump the mud puddles to fold the jeep seats down, move the scooters, slide to box back, carry the printer while jumping a mud puddle, get someone to open & close the MH door for you, set it up on the bed, bend down to plug in the cord with my hair in my face in the dark corner, connect the printer to the same wifi the computer you want to print from, and then finally print. Honestly, once we finally figured out the trick to connecting the computer and printer (which took an hour the first time), it's not like it's hard, but still a nuisance and extra steps we normally don't have to do and take for granted, plus, we have to save things for several days until print day and remember not to forget to do it rather than just getting it done and over.
**THUR 5/16 St. Louis tourism day--the arch!
I didn't know people could go UP in the arch, but the was a must-do once we found out. We learned more about Lewis & Clark's journey and westward expansion of the US under our third president Jefferson.
The arch, built in the 1960's, is such unique architecture and certainly not for the claustrophobic. We should have had someone stand next to the sample pod for the photo op to better represent how small it was--adults could not sit up straight on the sides due to the curve of the pod.
We went to the St. Louis Science center and built an arch ourselves. This place was totally fun, totally educational, and totally free!
How does a windmill work?
We let our kids play gameboy-- (they had an area with variations on common games)
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