One of the perks of working at your child’s school is that you might be able to catch your daughter performing with the Pops orchestra for the 5th graders during your 10 minute break. Perfect timing! I will never get tired of hearing Pirates of the Caribbean performed live. Happy 7th birthday to Maisie! We didn’t make a big deal this year but Natalie and I did manage to buy her a special treat at Buc-ee’s on the way home from softball the day before. In dog years, Maisie is now the oldest member of the household. And she has been wonderful about hanging out with me on the sofa as I recover from my broken ankle. Yes, that ankle that I thought was sprained wasn’t getting better. X-rays had a spot that looked “fuzzy” so the orthopedic sent me to get a CT scan a few days later. The CT confirmed that I do indeed have a “small minimally displaced fracture involving the dorsolateral aspect of the talar head. Small osseous fragments adjacent to the ant...
We tried to keep our four day weekend pretty calm this year. Got things done like a check up, went thrifting, and Michelle got to spend her REI gift card she got at Christmas on trekking poles for this summer. We celebrated Valentine's Day and baked a King Cake for Mardi Gras. Plenty of Winter Olympics were watched. Natalie got a softball hitting lesson in and we got Menchie's and played tennis just for fun. Danny still had basketball and a team dinner and then managed the next week to catch both Covid and Flu B at the same time. I'm pretty sure he shared with me so I not only took a day off work feeling like crud but also because I sprained my ankle right after bringing him home from urgent care. The SCLA sophomores are planning prom and it's so fun to see Michelle planning something that Kate and Danny can go to. Here is a screen grab from a reel their class did in preparation to announce this year's prom theme. Danny only missed one (T...