Today's Report. So Far.

Happy Monday!

While the rest of the world goes back to work, the students of this country enjoy a nice long Winter Break. So, while I work in my cozy little office downstairs, this is the report from up above...

1. Shelly declined breakfast, laid in her bed for a while then moved to the parents' bed to watch TV.
     A. Batteries dead in remote. Replaced batteries.
     B. I heard Shelly coughing, it sounded suspicious. (I was in the laundry room at that moment.) "Are you throwing up?" "Yes." In my bed. On the floor by my bed. Need advice about cleaning the vomit stain out of the carpet. Also, don't trip over all the extra laundry piles laying around waiting to get sanitized.
     C. While I was cleaning everything up, she sat on the floor watching TV. Now she's feeling 100% better. She DID apologize for the mess about 75 times. Note, she did NOT offer to clean it up. ;)

2. Tablets didn't charge overnight because they were plugged into the wrong outlet and the light switch was off.
     A. Shelly's tablet is still not charging even now when plugged into correct outlet and light switch turned on just for good measure.
     B. Archer asked if there was anything he could do to help. When I said yes and offered a suggestion, he ignored me and continued to play on the tablet. Case of selective hearing, I guess. At least there's no fighting. For now.

3. On the good news side, everyone has gotten dressed and brushed their teeth. So there's that. (Plans for chore assignments are in the works. I'll keep you posted on how it goes when I tell them to part with their tablets for 20 minutes.)

4. Scout Leader called to inform Archer that Scouts is cancelled tonight, and Boy Scout #1 was unreachable. Archer is Boy Scout #2 so he needs to call everyone with the news. Archer immediately starts calling (calls Boy #3) when he is interrupted by Boy #1 notifying him that Scouts is cancelled tonight. He says Boy #3 is also going to call everyone. So now Boys #1, 2 and 3 are calling the other 7 in the group... I think Archer quit calling people after that? Not really sure how that all worked out.

5. I'll need to learn how to listen to the kids' interactions differently now that they're playing virtually and not IRL. That's In Real Life for those of us old folks who don't know the letter system. "I'm going to punch you! Stop punching me in the face! Give me the chicken!" I feel so confused and out of the loop.