What a week it has been

Good grief it has been one very long, very tiring week.

Not that I've really got anything to complain about - it has just been an extraordinarily busy week filled with lots of extra-curricular activities for the kids, and we aren't done yet!

If you have been following along on mastodon, then you probably already know some of this, so just bear with me here.

Monday evening was one twins' orchestra concert at the high school. Now, of course, seeing as how these are High School activities they have to start good and late (why?). Very proud of how well the kiddo performed (and the other kiddo's too, of course), even though he seemed to have some problems and communication issues. Plus, he didn't have his floor block for his cello which makes things a little difficult. Then they had to have LED lights on their bows, which while cool looking, can make playing challenging if you don't have cool little smaller LED lights. On top of this, our Sheepadoodle gets to stay outside during stuff like this. She loves that.

Tuesday was my turn for an appointment. Nothing huge or anything, just an optometrist visit. The doggo got to wait outside. Again.

Wednesday was a good long day for some. The littlest kiddo had his last marathon club for the season, meaning he gets to be at school by 0730. Normally that's not an issue, but we're down to one vehicle so I've been chauffeuring a carload of kids and spouse to school and work. I don't mind, but I also like to be places early, I'm one of those people who considers that if I arrive on-time then that means I'm late. Guess what kind of person the wife is? She's gotten much, much better though. On a normal day we drop the twins off, then the wife, then I circle back and drop the youngest off since he can't get inside until 0745. Wednesday he got dropped off first. All was good. The doggo gets to wait in the kennel for these runs - it's the routine and doesn't take too long. She actually doesn't mind this since she gets treats. But still doesn't really like it.

Thursday was concert number two for both twins this time - choir. Still very proud of these kids. Still starts really late, because why not. The dog gets to stay outside because it's a couple of hours. Sigh.

Today, Friday….who knows. Not much planned that I'm aware of. Let's call it a day of rest.

Tomorrow is another fun one. The wife has her half day of work, I'll get to drop her off. The youngest has a tournament he needs to be at by 0815, so I'll take him after dropping her off. Then stay with him basically all day. The twins have a symphony practice session at 0930, unfortunately they will have to walk. Fortunately it's late enough in the morning that they should be able to get their rears out of bed and ready. We shall see. Also thankfully, hopefully, we'll still have one kiddo here that can watch the doggo.

Oh, that dog. She does not like being alone, she's now got what I can only say is PTSD about going outside without anyone. She steps onto the back porch and is like "nope! screw you!". I don't blame her. It's gonna take some more work to get her back to par on us not abandoning her. Not long after the snow had melted we had to be out of town for another band performance and she had to stay outside. This was kind of the trigger for her recent actions. Large dog, soft muddy ground. Yeah. She wasn't in the best of shape. Neither was the back patio. Nor the ground between the patio and the fence. She wasn't my favorite pet at that time, but I get it. At least it does provide a great opportunity to plant some clover in the back yard.

To answer the question: no, it's not over yet. And that's all right with me.