6 years 1 month 12 days

Day 2234. I was able to sleep in on Sunday and got up in time to make lunch. We ate at noon, then Randy and the kids got ready to leave the house. Just before 12:30 pm Randy left with Tammy and Emmy to take them to their maths club. I stayed home with Sammy. Randy returned at 1:30 pm, and at 2 pm I left to go pick them up. This time I didn't get to watch the last few minutes of the class as they only opened the door once the class was over. We rode the subway back home where we arrived at 3 pm.

It was time for piano practice, then I made sandwiches and cut up fruit for their lunch boxes. At 4 pm we all left the house together. We rode two subways and got to church ten minutes before the service started at 5 pm. They had a special speaker which was noticeable as there were more people than I had ever seen there. They kept adding chairs. The kids were enjoying building blocks, they were drawing, and Tammy were using the streamers in worship. At 5:30 pm it was time to go to kids' church. I took them there and told them I'd leave Sammy with them again as it had worked well last time. However, it didn't this time. They came to call us once because Sammy was calling for us. Randy went and came back because I went to get him. Later Tammy came to ask Daddy to come back, and Randy then stayed there. At 7 pm we left the sanctuary before the service was over to go get the kids. It was time to get them home and to bed at a normal time.

On Monday week 6 at school started. After the last kid had left, I went back to bed as it had been a rough night with Tammy also joining us. She only comes to sleep with us about once a week now while Emmy comes every night. When it's four of us, I have a hard time sleeping as there is no room at all. I got up so late that I had no time to go to the gym before picking up Sammy at 1:30 pm.

By 2 pm we were back home, and he sat down to watch videos with the projector. At 2:30 I started the teaching, right when Randy and the other kids got home as well. I was done by 3:20 pm and got ready to leave the house. At 3:50 pm I left with Tammy and Emmy to take them to their programming class. We rode two subways and walked to the club where I left them. Then I walked to McDonald's, ordered, sat down and got my computer out to teach. After I was done teaching, I packed up and walked back to their club. I went in and saw what they had done, then we left to go back home.

While the three of us had been there, Randy had taken Sammy to the mall where they have Peppa Pig rides. Sammy had wanted to go there last week but it hadn't worked out so he was glad to go this week.

By 6:30 pm we were back home, and so was Sammy. They sat down by the computer right away to join the Zoom call their music school does regularly. It was already in progress but they got to participate for a few minutes before it was over. At 8 pm they went to bed while I sat down at the computer to teach until 9 pm.

I was hoping to go to the gym this morning but like yesterday I got up too late and was too tired to go. And today I also had to cook lunch. I picked up Sammy at 1:45 pm today.  Randy and the other kids returned at 2:30 pm, and I went downstairs with Tammy to do piano practice as I knew there'd be little time later. She wasn't happy about that.

At 3 pm I started teaching, while Randy left with Emmy to take him to soccer class. Tammy and Sammy went downstairs, and I couldn't believe it when they returned upstairs while I was teaching. Tammy later told me how she had helped Sammy climb up the stairs. In any case, I heard Sammy laugh the whole hour I was teaching. He'd had a lot of fun playing with his sister.

At 3:50 pm I was done teaching, and we got ready to leave the house which we did a few minutes later. We walked to the bus stop and took the 4:05 pm bus. On the bus, Tammy was doing her reading practice. After we got off the bus, we still had to walk a bit until we got to the school where Emmy's soccer class was taking place. Randy met us there. Emmy then came out of his class, and we all walked back to the main street. Randy and Tammy went to the one bus stop, and I walked to the other one going the opposite direction with the boys. It was Emmy who was doing his reading practice on the bus. Then we took the subway and were home just after 5 pm. The boys were hungry so I made their sandwiches that they were eating. Then I took Emmy downstairs for piano practice which is pretty short right now as they can play it all. Five minutes later we were back upstairs with Sammy. Then Emmy did his maths club homework plus extra online exercises for fun. He was quite ambitious and kept trying what he failed to do. I finally told him it was time to quit for the day. I cut up their fruit and gave it to them, then had some food myself.

At 7 pm Randy and Tammy returned. Tammy also sat down to eat her fruit. Then it was bathtub time. I then prayed for them and sat down at the computer to teach at 8 pm, while they went to bed. I finished just before 9 pm, but work was not over yet. At 9 pm our yearly online board meeting started. Randy sat next to me, and for the next hour we met with our friends and board members and talked. It was a good meeting. 

By 10 pm work was finally done. I was able to grab a bite and relax for a while before going back to work. Now it's after 1 am and time to go to bed. The first alarm goes off 5 hours from now.