Andy has been going to Rock Spot and rock climbing for about 2 years now. I’ve gone with them almost every time to drop them off and pick them up. Well, there was a deal for 10 sessions this Summer and id decided to buy it so that I was forced to try climbing. The weird thing is that I never used to be afraid of heights as a kid but as I got older it creeped into my mind. I mean, I used to run around on roofs helping my dad with shingling the roofs and stuff. So there was a time when I was not scared.
So, I faced my fears and gave climbing a go. I found that it was a lot harder than I had expected. Not so much the heights but the actual climbing. I am going to have to build up my strength to do this. I didn’t even get all the way to the top of any of the climbs today. But I have several more trips to make and continue to try to get to the top.
Apparently my two days of walking was too much for my feet because I got a huge blister on my left foot. It probably popped while I was climbing. So, a few days of taking it easy before I get back out on the road again.
Today was Andy’s first day of school but it was the first (semi) full week for Allison, Eva and Andy. Allison was in half days all last week and Eva went in once. So this was the first week of school for 2024. Andy starting 7th grade and looking forward to it. This year they are in accelerated math and seem to be enjoying it so far. Andy did some work on it over the Summer, not much but some.
It looks like it will be a nice week this week so Andy will be walking home from school all days except for probably Friday because they will have their trombone with them to take home and rather than carry that home I’ll pick them up and then swing over and get Eva.
With everyone out of the house I started my new regimen of taking a long walk and listening to an audio book in the morning, then taking care of any dishes in the sink, laundry that needed folding and then some video game time. Once the Granite State Comicon has come and gone and I shave again I’ll start making videos. Right now I have the most unruly beard for my cosplay at comicon. And I’m growing my hair out. I like it much better bald then the balding look I’ve got going on now.
