Weeknotes: 09/01/24- 09/07/24

weeknotes teaching family museum

This Week:

We mostly recovered from COVID during the first part of the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday were College-on, school-off days, so Alanna and I traded off the kids. On Wednesday, they joined me at the Museum, which became a hub for a bunch of other kids whose parents had to drag them to work on the last days before school. We had fun, but it was an exhausting day.
In FLP102, we read a survey article by Russell Belk, talked about how to read reference works in college, and then we read excerpts from Amy Azzarito’s “The Elements of Home” about the social history of candles, globes, and mirrors.
I did some more work study coordination, always a full-time job during the first weeks of the semester.
We also did some work on the long-term project of trying to buy a new car.
Our kiddos started school–Kindergarten for Hazel and 6th grade for Dominic! It’s a big adjustment for both of them, and they’re flying like pros. I’m really proud of both of them.
I did some more work on our upcoming reservoir exhibit, particularly design. I also did some long-term planning on our indigenous artifacts exhibits.