Early Voting

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning was a hectic morning.  I had a few meetings and was dealing with some customer issues that took up most of my morning.

Rachel taught her first class and then drove over to a polling station for early voting. The website said it was a 20-50 minute wait.  But it took her more than an hour to vote. Most of the wait was standing outside in the heat.  She's glad she's done with it, though.

She came home after her second class, rested a bit before she began tutoring.  In the late afternoon, she and Evan left.  She dropped Evan off at bullpens and catching practice and tutored near the facility.  Then she picked Evan up on the way home.

I made corned beef in the crockpot.  We had that for dinner.  Evan ate a ton of it.  Noah ate well too.  They both love when we have that.  Chewie also is a fan.

The boys are upstairs getting ready for bed.

Until next time... 

Daredevil Kitty

 Yesterday, the kids didn't have much work to do because it was the beginning of the grading period.

I Zoom tutored a new student from Colorado.  The mom found me by Googling "the best math tutors in the country" or something like that.  She went to my website and sent me a message.  It pays off to know about search engine optimization.

Last night we had grilled chicken quarters for dinner.

Today, I Zoom tutored in the morning, went to school to teach my two classes, and the Zoom taught and tutored in the afternoon.   I'm teaching a beginner's Hebrew class on Tuesdays and today was our second to last class.  Next week, we will finish the final letters of the alphabet and review.

Shane, my friend that needed to find a home for Pixel, texted me today to see how she was doing.  I went to find her to take a picture to show Shane, and here is where I found her.

Yikes!  Here a few more pictures of Pixel.  She's such a daredevil and gets into everything, but she is pretty cute.

Morry and Evan went to baseball practice tonight.  When they got home we ate dinner.  Morry and I had leftover pizza and the kids had pasta.

Now the boys are playing some before it's time to get ready for bed.

Baseball and Friend Time

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Yesterday, we relaxed at home for most of the morning.  Later in the morning, Rachel and I went for a nice walk.  Since Chewie is being trained on walks around the neighborhood, we left him at home.

We came home and Rachel made smoothies.

I took Evan to the baseball fields.  He had back-to-back games.  Evan caught all of the first game.  It was unusually hot - around 97 degrees so catching six innings was tough.  But he did very well.  We had played this team before and I guess they remembered Evan.  They did not attempt one steal all game long.  Evan did a great job calling the pitches and blocking.  The pitchers seem to pitch very well when he's back catching.

Rachel came out for the second game.  She brought Chewie.  He was really good at the game.  He liked the attention.  Evan played third base and first base in the game.  He didn't really get many opportunities defensively.  He got hit in the head with a pitch.  It was a curveball so it was pretty slow.  Evan just took his base.  He came around and scored.

Evan's friend from the team, James, came home with us.  We stopped at Chipotle.  Then he and James played on the Playstation and watched the Matrix.

This morning, we made eggs and cinnamon rolls. Then Rachel and I took Chewie on a trail to go walking.  Evan and James stayed at home to watch the Steelers game.

When we got home, I finished watching the game with them.  The Steelers beat the Eagles which was nice.  Then Evan and James went out to play football.  When they finished up, we took James home.

Rachel and I went to HEB when I got back home.  We got Domino's for dinner.

The boys are upstairs playing now.

Until next time...

The Week

 Here's what's been going on this week.

Morry left Tuesday morning to go to Tucson to help Jack/Zayde.  He came back this evening.

I taught and tutored.

The kids and I mostly stayed at home.  Evan missed his Tuesday practice because I was tutoring.  Wednesday's practice was canceled because the coach's wife had a positive Covid test.  It turned out to be a false positive and she's fine.

Yesterday, while I was teaching on my students noticed a coral snake slithering between our outdoor classroom and not of the other outdoor classrooms.  Of course, it was a big deal. Coral snakes are venomous and the kids were going crazy.  One of the coaches/teachers killed it when it slithered into the bushes.

Today the boys came with me to school.  They did their work there and we picked up bagels from Einstein's for lunch.

Morry picked up dinner for all of us from Simply Pho on his way home from the airport.

Morry and I just took a walk.

Here's a picture of the boys playing tennis today.

Last 2 Days

 Yesterday Morry and Evan were gone most of the day at a birthday party.  One of Evan's friends from baseball had a birthday party on the river.  They rented a cabana and rented kayaks for the kids.  It sounds like they all had a great time.

When they got home we went to H-E-B and then had Dominos Pizza delivered for dinner.

Today, Morry took Grandmom to the doctor and I had a dentist's appointment.

Later in the afternoon I Zoom tutored.

We had grilled chicken for dinner.

Morry and Evan just got back from a baseball lesson.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

 Here's what's been going on the last few days.

Thursday: I tutored in the morning, then taught, and then tutored later in the afternoon.  The trainer came to train Chewie during the day.

Friday: I met Aunt Susan at her doctor's appointments to be there for support and take notes. Then, I went to my school and taught my afternoon class.  The trainer came during the day. Last night, Morry made ribs for dinner and we ate them outside.

Saturday: Late morning Morry and I took a walk on a trail and then picked up drinks at Black Rock on the way home.  Shortly after getting home, he and Evan went to baseball.  I met them for his later game.

On the way home, we ate dinner outside at Kerbey Lane and brought food home for Noah.

Now the boys are playing some video games before bed.