2020 Election

 Yesterday I met up with Deborah.  A long-time friend of hers who she was also living with passed away on Sunday.  Deborah was her caretaker over the last few months.

I Zoom tutored in the afternoon.

We ate grilled chicken for dinner and then Morry and Evan went to the baseball lesson.

Today is the big day - election day.   Morry got up around 6:15am to go vote.   I voted early a few weeks ago.

Both Morry and the boys were off today.  There was no school because many of the schools are voting locations.

After I taught, I dropped my car off to get serviced.  

Morry met me there and then we went to lunch nearby at a place called Hideaway.  It was good and we were able to eat outside.

After picking up my car we went back home.

I Zoom tutored this afternoon.

Morry and Evan are at baseball practice.

When they get home we will have corned beef for dinner.

We will see what happens tonight in terms of the election.

Voting

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning as I was getting ready, Evan came in the bathroom. When I was finished, I got him some breakfast and put on the tv for him in the gameroom.

Rachel took the boys to school and cleaned up the house while they were at school.

Since today is election day and I didn't do early voting, I figured it was best to vote during lunch. I knew there would be a line before and after work. Evan and Noah's school is right next to the elementary school where I vote so I told Rachel I'd pick them up.

So first, I went and voted. I got my first vote in an election ever. Once of the offices had a spot for a write-in candidate. I typed my name in and voted for myself. I wonder if that will show up in the election returns.

Then I went and picked the boys up. The only problem was that I was really early. I assumed that the voting wouldn't take long but I still left plenty of time. I walked right in there so I ended up being about 25 minutes early to pick up the boys. I went into Noah's room first and they were about to go outside to eat bread that the class had made with butter that the class had made. The butter was made by shaking heavy whipping cream for an hour. All the kids took turns shaking the butter. The teachers told me that Noah had a really good day at school. Apparently, Noah gets kind of whiny around mid-morning. Sometimes they take him into Evan's room and Evan gives Noah a hug and then Noah feels better and goes back to his class. When the kids were done eating their bread, Noah and I went and picked up Evan.

At home, Noah didn't take a nap. I heard him talking the whole time. Evan was very well behaved while watching tv downstairs. Occasionally, he'd come in and just give me a hug.

When Rachel left for tutoring, Blanca came over and took care of the boys. They were out back the whole time. At one point Lizzy was really barking at something. It was really annoying so I went outside. There was some frog out there. Lizzy was really drooling. I had remembered that my friend Dmitriy's dog had picked up a frog and the frog had peed in that dog's mouth. And that caused the dog to drool a lot and run around with it's mouth open and then drink. Lizzy was behaving the same way. I picked up the frog with a stick and put it outside the gate.

For dinner, I just made pasta. It's an easy meal when I'm by myself.

The boys are in bed now but neither one is sleeping. Oh, and Noah is doing very well without his pacifier. He didn't ask for it when I put him to bed tonight. We let him sleep with his light saber. That seems to be fine.

Until next time...

Election Day

Evan actually fell asleep in his bed last night. Usually he falls asleep on the floor at the gate and then Morry moves him when we go to bed. Last night he stayed in his bed. I can’t remember the last time that happened.

Noah woke up just once around 3am and I gave him his pacifier and he fell back asleep.

Both Evan and Noah woke up around 8am. We walked Evan to school and then got back just in time for the cleaning lady.

I usually do most of the cleaning, but our house really needed a good cleaning so we hired someone. I just don’t have the time to do a good cleaning and I don’t really know how to clean either. I never know what products to use or how to use them best. Do you use a sponge or a paper towel? How wet are you supposed to get the floor when you mop? Anyway, 2 people came (the main lady and a helper) and they did a pretty good job. I would definitely have them come back maybe once a month or so.

Noah and I went to the bank and then HEB before picking Evan up from school. Evan didn’t finish all of his lunch, so on the way home he opened up his lunch box and ate more of his lunch in the car.

Evan napped in his bed again. Yea! Let’s hope this continues.

I tutored 2 students today. I was supposed to have a 3rd, but she came home sick.

We made pork tenderloin and potatoes for dinner and then took a short walk.

It’s an exciting night. Morry keeps running back and forth to the computer to check election results. We’ll see what happens.