Life in Lincoln

We're doing well here in Lincoln. It is 50 degrees here already, and it is just lovely.

Cecilia's parent teacher conference was held on Monday. On Cecilia's team, each student leads their conference, and their teachers stop by to visit. Cecilia's conference went well, though some of her grades have slipped a bit. None of us want the slip to continue, so she has set goals to achieve better grades. She can get by with little effort, but the lack of effort catches up! Cecilia is just finishing up her basketball season. She has learned a lot and has even started to shoot the ball when she gets it! She'd like to play more basketball.

We don't have Tristan's conference until next week. I think he is doing well in school. We made the decision to move him to another school next year, one that is closer to our house. Somedays he is pretty bummed about this, and somedays he seems fine with it. Hockey is winding down for the year.

Our regional competition for Destination Imagination is just around the corner. Cecilia and Tristan are on separate teams. Mike manages Cecilia's team and I co-manage Tristan's team with another parent. This tends to be a very frustrating time for team managers because it is only now that the teams seem to kick it in to gear and they start to make good progress. It's frustrating because they could do so much more, if only they'd get it together sooner! Cecilia's team has been meeting 2X per week at our house, and this has given me a chance to get to know the team a bit better. Tristan's team meets 2X per week at school.

We continue to enjoy Brink the dog. We have decided that he is truly a social animal. As you can imagine, during DI team practices here, he can be a distraction. So we have tried various things. Last Sunday we put him in his kennel in the basement. He just howled and barked, not normal behavior for him at all. On Sunday, Tristan and I worked downstairs while Cecilia and her team were upstairs. I thought that Brink would be happy downstairs with us. It nearly killed him to hear all of the kids upstairs. Finally, I put him upstairs in the kennel where he could see everyone and he was happy. He definitely wants to be in the middle of it all.

Weirdly, I still struggle with ways to get things done at home. I don't necessarily feel like I have more time and I know that I don't get everything done! It is definitely easier to feel motivated on a nice sunny day like today.

I hope that you are all well.

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