It's hard to believe that we've been in "pandemic mode" for almost a year already. I think most of the changes we've made during this time have actually been pretty beneficial.
Johnny is still working from home through March...not sure if it will continue after that yet. We're hoping so! It's been so nice having him here all day and it's definitely more convenient. He's in training over the next three weeks at earlier hours. I miss being able to sleep in a little bit more! :P
Ashlyn has been doing remote learning the whole year so far, and it's been going really well. Her grades are better than they were when she was attending in-person, so that's always good! There have been limited classes that she can take...especially electives. But this term she started Newspaper and she's really enjoying it. It does require some in-person activities, but so far she has been responsible about social distancing. They have four work nights at the school where they get everything ready for print and since Ashlyn is participating as a photographer, she has had to attend some activities to take pictures. Right now she's working on basketball and bowling, and I believe she'll be covering swim team next.
I'm still sporadically finding files for work. I only had a couple files in November, none in December, three in January, and then today I was able to grab a file that's more than 2.5 hours long. I don't typically choose single files that long in case the audio isn't very good quality, but it's the only file I've seen come available for awhile, so I went ahead and grabbed it before someone else could. I definitely lucked out...because the audio quality is much better than normal. So that's good!
Mr. Bozley Reddington turned 8 months old on Monday! Our beautiful boy has gotten so big. He needs another appointment at the groomer! He still doesn't need a haircut...but a good bath, brushing, trim, nails rounded, and teeth brushed will freshen him up a bit. :) I generally decide when to schedule his appointment based on how long the tufts of hair on his feet get and how long his nails are. His feet are starting to look pretty scraggly! But here's an adorable picture of him hanging out with me on the couch. <3
So... we got our car picked up...then had to take it back up to the repair shop. :P Luckily we picked it up on Friday evening and since the car rental place was already closed for the weekend, we still had the rental car. Johnny noticed that the hood was a little off on one side, so we had to get that adjusted. I'd also noticed that the windshield wiper fluid warning had popped up...so I wasn't sure if they'd drained it during the repair or if the reservoir was actually broken. It turns out that it was broken! So they had to get the part for that...which means we'll have the rental a little bit longer. It should be done in the next day or two, though. EDIT TO UPDATE: The hood is still off and they left a ton of rocks all over the engine bay. So we'll be taking it back AGAIN. Ugh.
Well I better get back to work!