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It has been a weird week in the sense that the family is getting into some new habits. All things take time to become really entrenched but I think we are making progress.

I've been getting out more often in the afternoons to work on the garden infrastructure. Today I was pounding inverted beer bottles into the ground to mark out my semi permanent semi circular strawberry patch. I'd already done most of the edging so it only took about 30 minutes but I was having fun working out the circle packing problem of the number of strawberry plants that can fit in the segment of a circle that is the four foot outer band of about a quarter of a circle with the overall radius of 8 feet. Assuming that each of the strawberry plants need a circle of space that has a diameter of about 12 inches.  (See kiddos, geometry comes up in everyday life.)

While I've been doing that, or cooking dinner, Ryan and Thomas have been getting in an evening walk. The pediatrician wanted us to keep an eye on his weight, so we've been keeping an eye on the snacking and encouraging more physical activity. I think he was just gearing up for another growth spurt (lord help us) as he already appears to be slimming out.

In work life, both Ryan and I are getting behind in our grading again. I would feel bad except that somehow I'm spending over 10 hours at my job and still falling behind. It's a big job with a lot going on. Even so, I'm going to earmark naptimes over the weekend for grading.

And always there is the reading. I've been reading the Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instrument Series which apparently everyone, their mother, and itty bitty grandmother has read before me. It's interesting, I'm more accustomed to being the one who pounces on a reader with questions about their books as opposed to being the one who is pounced on. It's a good thing though.

So things are moving along. Mostly, I'm pretty happy with things. Thomas has gotten oddly resistant to story time, so that and potty training are the big projects at the moment. Oh, and my strawberry plants shipped today, so I should be able to get them into the ground tomorrow or Friday which is very exciting.