Event-full

Even though there was no school on Thursday and Friday, it was still a jam packed event-filled week. 

We burned a pile of yard waste and several pallets on Saturday morning.

Barn

Since we had no cross country meet for the first time in six weeks, we had a bit more time at home this week. It took half the week to recover somewhat from the intensity of all we've been doing, before we found energy to jump in and work on neglected projects closer to home. On Saturday (after cross country practice), Rose and Amber cleaned the barn floors and Jay mowed the lawn. Rose and I worked to fix the floor scrubbing machine for a while because at first it wasn't emitting enough water to clean the floors. In that evaluation process, I noticed that our machine didn't even have a debris trap at all (we got it used), so I ordered one online for a ridiculous $40. In the meantime, I cleaned nasty gunk out of the machine as best I could so the water could spray again. A little while later, we realized that the suction hose was torn, so the dirty water was not being sucked back into the machine and instead was just being spread evenly over the floor. Awesome. Back online to order another expensive part, this one for a gouging $170. I think Rose would love someone to pay her $170 to clean the barn floors! Hah!

Sunrise on my cold journey between the house and the barn, post-workout. It's not far, but it feels far when the cold wind hits my sweat!

3 dates, 2 meets, and 1 fuzzy purple dementor

It was a two meet week: the last truly intense week of cross country season. We still have 3 weeks to go, but the busiest part of the season is done. It was also a three date week for Jay! It was homecoming week at the high school, and Jay was impressively social. He went on three dates. As introvert parents of an introvert son, Jeff and I were downright impressed with Jay's activities this week. Having two cross country meets and three dates, plus five days of school and four days of early morning seminary, did not leave much down time for our boy. Jay is a great guy and I loved seeing him explore new things and have these experiences.

The Longest Day

Saturday was the longest day of the season, and I am still really tired from it, so without further ado, here are some journal excerpts from the week: