Sunday

Oy. Sorry. It's been a bit. Here's a bit of what's been going on the past couple weeks...

1. On Monday, August 23, after receiving official word from his doctor, Micah received his 3rd covid vaccine shot. Because of his immunosuppressants and auto-immune condition, he qualified for the booster shot. It meant he had to go off of his medications again for 1-2 weeks, and he only made it a week before we opted to go back on the meds, as his arthritis was starting to flare. But, now that he's back on the immunosuppressants, he's all better (and hopefully better protected).

2. All three boys are fully into the school year now. Things seem to be going well.

Noah's been assigned his senior project group and got his first choice...the Spaceport America Cup rocket team. Should be a great experience and lots of fun! Things appear to be well on track for his senior year.

Asher switched a couple of his classes during the first week and now has a schedule he's happy with. (So proud of him for advocating for himself! After his advisor told him it wasn't possible to switch, he arranged a meeting with the head of the honors program who was able to get him switched around easily.) So, now two of his classes are fully online, which allows more flexibility to his daily schedule, and he's in the honors chemistry lab (instead of an honors history class). He's done at least some laundry and seems to be adjusting to college life just fine.

Micah's classes are going fine. He's got a pretty light class load. (He'll have a light load throughout his time at CEC since he started college courses early. Technically, he could graduate at the end of this school year but we're spreading things out so he doesn't graduate at 16. He's good with that since he enjoys his time with his friends and isn't in a hurry.)

3. Last weekend, Deanna and I had our monthly lunch, which was also a celebration of her birthday. It was a much needed opportunity to catch up and enjoy the sunshine.

4. We've been adjusting to life with just one boy at home. It's strangely quiet, and Micah's gone a lot now that he has his license. It's too soon yet to really see the numbers, but we're looking forward to hopefully seeing some lower grocery and utility bills. I'm sure there will be more to say on this topic... 

5. Micah got a new job! Though he's been enjoying the financial gains of the job he's been at since March, Micah was looking for more of a challenge. Since the school year started, he's been looking for a new job. Given the rising covid numbers here and his continued immune-compromised state, we agreed that he needed still to avoid jobs in retail or the food industry, which didn't leave too many options (though at least more things are open to him now that he's 16). The boy was determined, though, and managed to get himself interviews with a number of companies and job shadows with a couple of them. After a bit of that and some additional training, he signed on as an independent contractor doing door to door scheduling of sales appointments for Ion Solar. He went out for his first day working his assigned territory yesterday:

Fortunately, the boy loves talking to people and loves driving. So far, so good. :)

And that's some of what's been going on here. I'll try to do a better job of staying caught up. Happy Labor Day weekend to you all!