Lili's appointment to book her courses at the University was on Tuesday. She got called into work and was so happy to be back at work that she forgot. It's been the focus for weeks. With many many many hours of research and calls going into the decisions of the future...and she forgot. What?! I took her laptop to her. In a perfect world it was going to happen electronically automatically right at 5:30. And it mostly did. She got 8 of 9 courses requested. A quick zoom that was grabbed by her advisor and then escorted to another zoom room where a lovely lady helped her shift second semester around and voila she was set. Phew. A plan in place. She was happy. I was relieved. I called Eric with the good news and went home. It is not easy navigating the murky waters of the future with a young adult that doesn't know where or what. It's been extremely hard to just listen and support without pushing or deciding. I felt there should be some sort of celebration or at least chocolate involved. I wondered if I might even get at least one really good night of sleep. Haha. Then Lili came home and showed me an email from the University. No roommates in residence re: covid19. Which ups the price enough that we need to decide now which living situation really is right for her. She is open to any and all options.
She did hear from North Island she's on the waitlist for their nursing program and it's very unlikely she'll get in this year.
She's been invited to apply for a scholarship for excellence in the arts. She's been busy all day putting together a video presentation for that.
Funny moment with her advisor. She was on the zoom at the bar and the music was loud. She apologized and he asked where she was, he recognized the Rock Cod. He works with a friend of the owner.
Cinnamon buns made in Fei's foods class. Yum. We need more homework like this!
Lego watermelon. I got a call from Kai's vision therapist at school. She was suggesting a socially distanced walk around our neighborhood. Ah. Kai doesn't have any idea what germs and socially distanced are. He holds hands near cars! I didn't call her back. Instead I sent an email letting her know how overloaded we are right now. Either she will try to send reinforcements to the desperate crazy lady or she will just leave us alone. Haha. I simply can not believe how many extra calls, emails, zooms, phone appointments and texts have been added to my plate. I respect everyone's need to keep working and have income coming in. Personally I'd really rather just hunker down and resume it all when it can be more normal.
Luk works hard at his homework. Above and beyond. He did a lego art work with Kai. Another kid of mine that thinks math is fun. We just finished week five with teachers involved and for the first time all three of them had their work ready to be submitted on Thursday night. Due Friday but I'm not here to oversee it. So a slightly more successful week than our usual scramble.
On Sunday cousin Avery asked if we were playing the new version of Animal Crossing on Switch. A seed was planted for Jia. With a passion and intensity reserved for people like her she has been petitioning to be allowed to buy the game. Fei was also interested in playing so helped fuel the onslaught. I didn't think she had enough money and ended up saying show me the money. Haha. She had it! I dropped by Best Buy on the way home today. I naively thought I could just buy it. Oh my. This Mama was out of the loop on this one. Sold out everywhere. I came home and bought the download. Jia is addicted already. I'm guessing we won't see much of her this weekend. I wish I could get that excited about something.
Dual night time tummy rubs.
Doesn't get much better than this.
That darn old porch leaked again in the rain storm. Eric has cleared the deck, cleaned and prepped for more sealer and paint. Taking the time to fix a few other issues on the front of the house at the same time. Every job leads to more. He asked me to pick new colors. Ack. We did it together in a few minutes at Home Depot. We went in together. Gasp. No one looked at us oddly so perhaps that isn't as big an offence now? We're going to keep white with green trim but a deeper green. Changing the black to a slate and the door possibly orange. The girls are freaking about the door being orange. I actually want a maroon/wine/purple or lilac but they all freaked at that too. Eric brought an orange sample home and painted a board for me to see. It is totally pumpkin. Which I love but might be too much? I don't feel like being mature in our color choice. I want joy and whimsy.
I can not believe how many projects Eric has going on here. It's crazy.
Long weekend with no plans. This past week should have been our Alaska trip. I'm taking tomorrow off and Tuesday is my flex so five days off here for me. No plans at all. The no plans thing is just sooo weird for me.
