June 25, 2023

Parental Leave - Week 5

Greetings!

I am now on the second part of my parental leave for Jonathan, which will take me through the beginning of August. I will be providing weekly flash updates on how things are going!

A great week with a rough finish. Amelia has a stomach bug; suspected norovirus or some other stomach bug.

Looking forward to heading to Sun Lakes/Soap Lake next weekend, followed by LAX.

Jonny:

• Continues to be very chill and the morning, takes a long nap after lunch, and then proceeds to basically scream with joy from about 5 pm until 9 pm.

Amelia:

• Now going on break from her daycare. If she recovers from her stomach bug in time, she will be going to Kids Science Lab this week.
• We’ve gotten into a better rhythm with violin practice. I found a punch card with “practice 10 times and you get X” seems to be the most effective motivator we’ve tried.

Me:

• Finished Foundation and Empire.
• Started 2010: Odyssey Two
• Experienced either a cold, severe allergies, or a combination of the two this week, which took a toll on exercise. Feeling better now though.

And as I mentioned before, please shoot me an email if you’d like to grab brunch one of these mornings.