Happiness

See those presents in the back? Ethan has a job for the first time this year and he went out and bought presents for us right away. Then wrapped them with ribbons and and bows and put them under the tree! What a spot on, awesome young man he is! I am so thankful for him! I love Ethan!   

Around 3:30 on Wednesday, after waiting for what seemed like a few years, I got a ping on my telephone letting me know that my results came back- negative. Phew! And I am feeling mostly better. Trying not to do too much too soon and find myself back in bed. Mostly I am grateful. I am grateful for my health, for my home, for my full life and for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  That was rough and I never want to go through that again. But, if I do, I am going to be prepared with a sick kit, complete with Sprite, Vitamin C drops, saltines and maybe a magazine or two.  Because you just never know! 

  As of this writing, Joe Biden is ahead. He’s got the popular vote, he is super close to winning Georgia and Pennsylvania and Arizona. He really only needs to win one more state and then he’s won. Maybe I’ll go check the stats again- hold on! Oh, he’s got Arizona! It’s 264 Biden to 214 Trump. It’s been quite the Presidential Race but it’s been quite the year too! Here’s to a new year coming soon! 

A couple of weeks ago, I got a phone call. It was from the school nurse. I knew it was probably coming because I had gotten an email from the school earlier. A student in your child’s classroom has tested positive it stated. And it proceeded to say which periods the student had (for High School). Now, I currently have 4 High Schoolers so to get an email stating “your child” means not very much for me. Unless I see band as a period and I know it’s for sure it’s one of my three boys. After getting that email, I asked each one of my teenagers if they shared a class with this student. After some sleuthing, we discovered it was Ethan. In ceramics. So, by procedure, Ethan had to quarantine at home and teach himself Algebra 2 and AP Physics as well as AP US History all by himself. Some classes offered Zoom but they were fuzzy and quiet. Luckily Josh stepped in and tutored him on some Physics! I was happy because I could run to the store without the baby while he held down the fort.  But w...