Back to Winter

Just as we were getting used to the warm weather - even the frogs and the fish were waking up in the pond - we get hit with another blast of winter. Completely uncalled for. I am really in need of the warm weather!!

It was tricky to stay motivated to work for my business this week. I started making some bedside tables for upstairs and the design is not easy to execute. There were also some distractions. On Monday morning we visited a primary school with the girls. They will start after the summer holiday, so we need to choose one of the two schools that are right around the corner. Our minds were already pretty much made up, but this visit exceeded my expectations. Beautiful building, positive atmosphere, and some room to let the girls do something different from the rest of the group when needed. Afterwards we took them to daycare, but they didn't want to go! They really wanted to stay at school!! Something to look forward to.

The school where I teach is mixing things up. They are transitioning from a traditional way of doing things to something that is more project-based and subject-integrated. I am really interested in moving in this direction, so I have become an overnight expert. Next year I will probably have some kind of coaching/consulting role in the transition. Nice to be in the right place at the right time!

In other news, Naomi has decided to stop working entirely this week. She will go back eventually, but this is a sort of indefinite, paid furlough. The system allows for that here. If you get stressed you can just stop working until you get the rest needed, and you keep your full salary. This is really perfect for Naomi, because she really needs the time, but there are a lot of people who abuse the system.

Our car needed a couple new tires, so I had to drive this oversized go-cart to work!

I figured out how to make finger joints with a regular table saw.