Numbers

E returned to work five weeks ago today.  My alarm now goes off at 5:30 AM.  es is thirty-one months old today, and ec will be five months on Sunday.  Today is K's fourth day at his new job.  es has attended pre-school four days.

That first day I watched both children I went home exhausted, but I am now comfortable with the pace of each day.  I still get tired, especially on those days es doesn't nap because she tends to get cranky in the late afternoon, but I don't feel drained...usually.  These first two weeks of preschool I have come to E's house each day, except yesterday when the children came to me, hoping this would help them all get into the new routine of getting up and leaving the house early.  Starting next week, I expect to have ec at our house Monday and Friday, probably.  We'll see.

More numbers...years ago, perhaps 20 or more, I bought College Accounting, a textbook I saw on the sale table at Waldenbooks or some such store.  I don't really recall why I bought it, perhaps to improve my knowledge of bookkeeping for my teaching business.  Worksheets inserted in the book indicate I worked through part of it, then stopped.  Monday I brought it with me, and as ec napped I began to study it again, this time because I volunteered to keep records for our new housing project.  I have long enjoyed doing worksheets, filling in the blanks, solving problems, so I'm finding this study fun so far.