Eventful Day

Yesterday was quite eventful.

I have almost finished with one set of lab notebooks! HUGE relief. Today, I'll be giving one of my two exams, and I'll be grading homework while the students do so. Three things off of my list!

The Collar and I went running at the Y. He's pleased because he is back to sub 30 minute 5ks and I'm pleased because I managed to run 3 miles in sub 40 minutes (38 minutes, 16 seconds). We both lost weight over the 2 week layoff. I suspected that I had as my waist bands are even looser and my favorite running shorts are too big again. The Collar is pleased too.

We came home and got SCIG ready. Then the plumber called, so we hung out for that. He was able to fix our outside spigot, our shower faucet, and fixed our water heater. The water heater had a pipe that was made of a substance that breaks down in hot water. Yes, there are some *brilliant* people designing equipment. The nice thing about that is we don't have to buy a new water heater. The plumber strongly reminded The Collar and me of our brother-in-law. They both spoke in very similar fashion, and when I told him that, he apologized, just like S would have.

We did the IG, Game Boy taught the new neighbor kids Maisie tag, and we had lamb curry for dinner.

Then The Wiz threw up. He's been back at school two days, and he catches the stomach bug that's going around. He spent all night throwing up, but is feeling better now. He's begging for food, which of course, we must limit. I'm glad that he's able to keep things down now, because the poor kid really doesn't need to be on an IV.

Spring is back! Maybe it'll stay permanently now.

Maybe tomorrow I'll talk about knitting. I have been doing some, but I'm just plugging away at my projects. Boring to write about, boring to take pictures of. I'd like to finish a sweater (or two) because then I can work on more interesting things.

Oh, whatever!

Holy Week is now over, so The Collar has more time, theoretically, at least. Easter is wonderful, and all, but...

However, I am now facing way too much to do. I have 3 classes, and this is what needs to be finished by May 7 (aka the day grades are turned in):
Bio 152: One in class exam
Papers to grade (35 of them)
3 Homework assignments
1 final
Bio 153: Two sets of notebooks (48 total notebooks to grade)
One in class exam

Bio 112: One in "regular" exam (online class)
Papers to grade (another 20)
One final
One homework assignment
Determine extra credit points
Where did the time go?!?

In other news, the Wiz got himself stuck between the wall and the bed last week. (Yep, that wall!) He'd dropped a toy down there and was trying to retrieve it. GameBoy has been insisting that he hates to sing (this is SOLO boy), and wants to quit choir on one day and then insists he wants to be Head Chorister next year. Yes, obviously, he hates choir.

Both boys are back in school after spring break. Hallelujah!

All of us are back to our "normal" schedules. Well, as much as we can with my thumb being unusable.

You're Kidding!

This was what we saw outside yesterday evening:We haven't had much snow all winter, so we get it for Good Friday. At least the Collar wasn't holding outdoor Stations of the Cross yesterday. We're supposed to be back up to 60s this week, and I expect it to be warm on my birthday. Why? Because it almost always is--except for the year I had chicken pox (yes, on my birthday).

The Thumb

It turns out that I didn't completely tear my left ulna collateral ligament. This is good! Instead, I completely tore my left radial collateral ligament. This is bad, but much better than tearing the UCL. If the UCL is torn, the only repair is surgical, because the ends can get pulled apart by the muscles in the webbing of your hand and be trapped. I am probably not going to need surgery, because RCL tears can heal more like a bone would--if the ends are close together and immobilized, they'll "grow" back. There aren't bones and muscles in the way.

So now, I am in this for 4 weeks, at which point I'll be starting PT or being scheduled for surgery. I'm rooting for physical therapy.

The new splint is hard plastic and I can clean it with rubbing alcohol. This is a good thing!

We caved.

Every year, we swear that we aren't going to turn on the air conditioning until at least mid-May. (Actually, the goal is always June, but we've never made it that long!)

Every year, we cave around April 20th.

Except this year. We turned it on today, April 1st. This is not an April Fool's joke, either. We are just happy we made it this far! We should have turned it last week, in March.

P.S. There's no news on the thumb yet. My appointment is Tuesday morning, and I'll know more then. It's still swollen, and there's a lovely black bruise, but that's it. I'll be glad to know what's up.