Getting ready for domestic travel

 It continues to be a year for the books. Both Laura and I have our shots. The rumour is that kids will have approval for their shots in the fall / December range. Cases are currently low, but there's news about the delta or even lambda coming up.

I'm worried about long covid for the kids. I'm still stressed out but... selfishly, not as much because I don't think that I'll get killed by covid. Not right away anyways. I did just get a cold and it's like a week and a half to get over it. I'm the weakest one here.

I'm on income averaging leave right now so I don't feel in the verge of a mental health crisis. Soon we're headed up to the cottage. It'll be really nice to be up there with the kids by the water. I hope that the weather holds out. After that we're home for a couple of days and then into Quebec for adventures there. It'll be a lot of driving but hopefully it will be many nice memories for everyone. As I said, it's been... well, much more than a year.

Lucy started to bike without training wheels 4 days ago. She's so fast. I think that the combo of riding on the yuba for balance and loving the balance bike really gave a jump start for biking. If anything, training wheels reverted some of her skills. She hated them. I don't blame her, they are terrible.

Alice is reading up a storm. Always has her nose in a book / kindle. I can't keep up with getting her enough books. By the end of virtual school last year she had quite good computer skills and was mastering many different skills. We still have issues with her using her words for good and evil. She can heal or harm depending on what she wants at the time. Evil usually happens when she's hungry.

Isaac is doing well. I feel that he's on the edge of reading but we need to put some more time with him. I think that if he had a normal grade 1 he would be reading fine by now. It amazes me how much time he'll spend looking at comics. He and Lucy, when left alone and well fed, will happily play together doing something like foosball. As the kids are getting older and more independent it's been nice. If I'm sitting, someone will still come and curl up in my lap. That's also nice, if somewhat uncomfortable.

I am not looking forward to the fall, the return of school and work, and everything else that will be happening in the world. But maybe at that point our road won't be a torn up mess. We'll see.