April 2019
April 1
A big piece of our fence blew down, so it was finally time to call in the professionals. An across-the-street neighbor of ours owns a small business called A&B Quality Fencing, and we were delighted to hire him to build an entirely new backyard fence and gate. Sometimes paying to have someone else do the work is the way to go!
April 2
Benjamin stayed home sick from school with what the doctor said was the flu, and because he has asthma, he got a prescription for Tamiflu and got better very quickly.
Phoebe loves to make this veggie owl, but I can’t remember if it was for an occasion.
April 3
The demolition of our downstairs bathroom felt complete once the toilet was sitting outside on the deck.
April 4
Despite having gotten a flu shot in October, I got the flu from Benjamin, and they wouldn’t give me Tamiflu because I”m not in the risk groups. I don’t think I’ve ever been sicker as an adult. I woke up feeling a bit crummy, went to work, and determined by 11 a.m. that I needed to be home in bed. Alas, not only did I have the normal work to do, I had promised Phoebe I’d go on her field trip to Union Station in Denver the next day. I spent the rest of the day in bed, including joining a conference call while lying down. In the morning, I figured I could make it through half a day, though I felt a little guilty about bringing my germs on a bus with a bunch of second-graders. I washed my hands and kept my Kleenexes to myself and had just enough energy to enjoy the trip and make it home before collapsing into bed for the next couple of days. We learned all kinds of interesting things about the architecture around the station; the guide presented it as a historical mystery, and it was fascinating to discover things we never would’ve noticed on our own, like the fancy doors on the second level of a couple of buildings that used to have an overpass in front of them.
April 5
The fence is finished!
April 7
The kids hardly ever play in the yard, but the new fence drew Benjamin and Dave outside.
April 9
I recovered from the flu just in time to attend the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) conference in Cleveland, which I’d been looking forward to for two full years—ever since I found out it was going to be there! Not only was it professionally very useful, I got to stay with Mom and Dad. I drove home from work to find my favorite meals on the table. Pretty luxurious!
April 10
April 14
Benjamin goes to an old-school barber in town when he needs a haircut. (His dad, on the other hand, goes to a cheap, quick place.)
We had time to go over to the Wow! Children’s Museum just a mile from our house.
April 16
Karate is so fun to watch; I can’t help but take too many pictures and videos.
April 17
Grammie sent kites, so we went out on an essentially windless day and ran around the field at Peak to Peak.
April 19
The weather was nice enough to play outside.
Benjamin doing some good work on his homemade Strider. (Dave took the pedals and crank arms off Phoebe’s old bike.)
April 23
Benjamin had a kindergarten- and first-grade concert at school.
April 25
This year the kids took turns joining me at work for Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day.
With Easter coming, we had to get our eggs dyed!
April 26
Benjamin wrote me a notecard for my lunch all by himself!
In the evening, I took a new friend (one of the teachers at Sanchez) to the Boulder Dinner Theater to see Motones vs. The Jerseys. It was terrific, and I wished my parents had been there to see it!
April 29
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