April 22

On Friday I prepared for a Scout camp out all day. We went to Mount Lemmon. It was a lot of fun. I didn't sleep well. (I've never really slept well while camping.) We as the leaders are trying to do what is asked to have a boy led program.

Hurricane had swimming lessons all week. On Friday (just before I headed to the camp out) I was able to watch Hurricane have his lesson. Before Hurricane's lesson, the instructor went through a lesson with Underfoot (even though he is done with lessons) as part of her re-certification. The lesson was recorded and will be available for download (if you're interested.) It was fun to watch both Underfoot and Hurricane swim. Underfoot stayed in the water while Hurricane practiced his skills at floating and swimming. I had fun picking up and throwing Underfoot. He enjoyed it too.

I got home from the camp out in the late afternoon on Saturday. I scurried around to put away gear, get cleaned up, and prepare for a date with Wendy. She'd made arrangements for a babysitter. We headed out for a quick supper and went to a high school play entitled The Drowsy Chaperone.

Our laptop computer died this week (or was it last week?) We purchased it shortly after we married. We've hauled it all over the world. The monitor was going bad. The battery was completely dead (even after I 'replaced' it with a cheap one from Amazon that died after only a couple months...) Fortunately, I'm slated to get a surplus one from work this week.

Wendy has been taking each day at a time. It is hard sometimes for her because there are so many things she'd like to do, and just not enough time in the day to do them all. Wendy had a training on Thursday night.

In closing, today we received a special package. 31 baby chicks. We got together with some friends and ordered a bunch. They will spend the night in our living room (in a large plastic tub) and the new owners will pick them up tomorrow. Underfoot and Hurricane love to look at the baby chicks. Hurricane has only broken 2 light bulbs so far for their heating. Amazing how much they are loved.

Be well.