April 2024
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Saw 'Les Mis' at Voorhees with the kids, and Skit's '42nd Street'


great to reconnect with some Skit pals, help out and make some new ones, and see the wonderful energy of the talented performers
leaning against a HS cinderblock wall, channeling My So Called Life 90s self. Not.

Solar Eclipse





clouded up right at the zenith but we saw most of it

Community Day, chatted to some awesome helicopter pilots

Lots of travel soccer, and Liberty started track and likes it a lot



Liberty throwing a javelin



Homelife
Homeschool continues apace. Mystery unit (sooo much reading; creative writing, Sherlock Holmes et al. media)




planted four apple trees


lots of gardening


jumbo black tulips this year

newly hatched baby birds in one of our hanging porch baskets

giant woodchip mulch pile still exists, barely cracked it. sharing it and clowning with friends


Chickens









Easter







Kirk and my Uncle George comparing their calculator watches, too cute!!









Emmy visit from UK

Kingfox and Liberty went on an epic hike with Dave and Ellie



Kingfox and Kirk meeting up with friends in JC

Outing to Flounder Brewery for Ukraine fundraiser with Graegis




Liberty


my talented girlie! her chx sketches










Kirk











Dogs




Bodhi goes somewhere else in his mind when his nails get done















Russ



Me






Medical BS: Since February, been dealing with a racing heart thing, where my heart will randomly race to 120, 130 bpm with little to no exertion, or after something simple like climbing stairs. Really annoying. Also from Feb to now, been dealing with wretched pelvic and hip pain, and some back pain, which has been cramping my lifestyle for sure, very frustrating. Spent some of April and some of May, going to docs and various bloodwork to try to figure it out/ fix it.
Other

media coverage of the student Gaza protests has been next level wild. protests have been largely suppressed by universities and police.


Enjoyed Fallout, The Gentleman, XMen 97, this month