Update
So this is what I've been doing for the past few months.
I'd forgotten how much work babies are. He's a very good baby, and Ellen is doing a great job, but she's 19, so I'm probably doing about 50% of the parenting in addition to keeping up with the house and cooking and all that stuff.
I'm doing a good bit of gardening this year - planted enough tomatoes to be able to can and do salsa in addition to what we eat normally, a slew of cucumbers for pickles, also onions, potatoes, beans, radishes, carrots, cabbage. I'm going to experiment with a patch of popcorn if it ever stops raining enough for me to dig out the bed. Jonas likes to be outside, so when I'm watching him, I can put him on a blanket while I plant or weed and he happily plays with his toys or eats grass. It's about the only exercise I'm getting just now.
Also class, though that's finally over and I have a break till mid-June.
And also working, though I won't bore you with pictures of the Law Library, or Windsor Woods where I'm now up to 7 extra hours a week. That will only last till the end of June, though, when city budget shortages are going to force all libraries except Central to close at 7 pm.
What I'm not doing:
Writing
SCA
Weaving or any other textile work beyond a bit of knitting.
Fortunately, I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. First off, I was supposed to take 2 classes and do comps this summer and graduate. I decided there was no hurry, so now I'm taking 1 class this summer, 1 class and comps in fall and will graduate December 2010. It's not like I particularly want a full time job just now anyway.
We will be at Sapphire Joust probably from Friday through Sunday, though I may come home to give Ellen some relief at some point, or maybe I'll bring Jonas up to the event on Saturday if it's not too hot.
I'd forgotten how much work babies are. He's a very good baby, and Ellen is doing a great job, but she's 19, so I'm probably doing about 50% of the parenting in addition to keeping up with the house and cooking and all that stuff.
I'm doing a good bit of gardening this year - planted enough tomatoes to be able to can and do salsa in addition to what we eat normally, a slew of cucumbers for pickles, also onions, potatoes, beans, radishes, carrots, cabbage. I'm going to experiment with a patch of popcorn if it ever stops raining enough for me to dig out the bed. Jonas likes to be outside, so when I'm watching him, I can put him on a blanket while I plant or weed and he happily plays with his toys or eats grass. It's about the only exercise I'm getting just now.
Also class, though that's finally over and I have a break till mid-June.
And also working, though I won't bore you with pictures of the Law Library, or Windsor Woods where I'm now up to 7 extra hours a week. That will only last till the end of June, though, when city budget shortages are going to force all libraries except Central to close at 7 pm.
What I'm not doing:
Writing
SCA
Weaving or any other textile work beyond a bit of knitting.
Fortunately, I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. First off, I was supposed to take 2 classes and do comps this summer and graduate. I decided there was no hurry, so now I'm taking 1 class this summer, 1 class and comps in fall and will graduate December 2010. It's not like I particularly want a full time job just now anyway.
We will be at Sapphire Joust probably from Friday through Sunday, though I may come home to give Ellen some relief at some point, or maybe I'll bring Jonas up to the event on Saturday if it's not too hot.