Friday, February 13 - Saturday, February 14: Dust, Rodeo, Track

Lucia tested negative for covid on Friday so we have removed isolation and masking from the chaos of our household. There is still a lot of other chaos ("I'm just gonna rip up this whole floor" is not something one generally wants a plumber to announce) and our house is beyond filthy with dust. Are we halfway through the reno? Perhaps. Perhaps.

Friday night the girls and I watched This Is Us while Andrew went to a rodeo downtown--it was a work event. He had a bit of difficulty deciding what to wear, truly uncomfortable with any deviation from his typical put-together ensembles of a tucked-in button-down shirt. He still wore a tucked-in button-down shirt, but it was flannel. He tried to wear a wool blazer. Greta and I said no.

Saturday Lucia had a track meet in Youngstown, and Andrew, Greta, and I went to watch--my first track meet. She did well despite having been sick and not doing intense workouts this week. We stayed for her two events (a relay and the mile) and then went home. In the evening we watched some Olympics--the recording of men's figure skating.

And it was Valentine's Day--Andrew gave all of us little flower arrangements he'd made during a work event; Andrew and the girls gave me a swan mug and bunny baking dish from Anthropologie, plus a nail polish Lucia had selected; I gave Andrew a sweater; and I gave the kids the traditional chocolate hearts plus a Calico Critter baby blind bag and a Forgotten Food keychain. Greta and I tried to put up some Valentine's Day decorations in the basement but had to admit defeat. Too chaotic; too dusty.