After putting Mason on the 7:20 bus for Holiday World, Bill and I picked up coffee at Starbucks and headed to Boonville for a walk. As we rounded the corner downtown, I spied the Holiday World bus. As a joke, we texted Mason that we were headed to the next stop (Boonville High) to blow […]
Today we got word from the executive director that one of the students at Walker’s school tested positive for Covid-19. All school close contacts were notified and instructed to follow the Vanderburgh County Health Department’s newly updated guidelines including quarantining. The director reminded us to keep our child at home if he feels sick and […]
Today is the first anniversary of my grandma’s death. I feel tender and grateful. Growing up I got to spend a lot of time with her and I have many good memories. Yesterday Laynie shared in our extended family text that since Grandma died, she has repeated noticed 12:12 on the clock. Her research indicated […]
We started our adventure at Ferdinand in a new location attempting to strategically encounter a bathroom and water source more toward the middle of the hike. We chose to start at the fire tower but discovered after we had entered the forest that the parking area by the tower was actually located outside of the […]
Between Bill’s crazy busy work schedule and evening home repairs, there was no walking this week. To make up for missed days, we decided to go for a long urban walk. We followed the Evansville Half Marathon route since I recalled most of it was on streets with sidewalks. We started downtown by Mickey’s Kingdom […]
Our poor scout house has gone unused since Covid-19 started. Our weekly meetings have been suspended and the only visitors were families who mowed and committee leaders at a recent committee meeting. Bill noticed that the siding was looking pretty bad. Mold, mildew, tons of spider webs, dead bugs and dirt had taken over. About […]
Bishop Siegel celebrated the opening Mass at Memorial. This rite has changed a lot since the pandemic started. Actually, Mass is the same but it’s the way we attend and participate in Mass that has changed. In the past, school Mass was a close contact gathering. Yesterday only the seniors attended in person while the […]
We got a much earlier start today since the Holiday World bus departed at 7:20 am. We dropped Mason off and were on the Ferdinand trails by 8:45 am. The weather was cooler and the sun was still tucked away. Our goal was to hike the series of loops without making a wrong turn. For […]
This morning started off a little wonky when we missed the bus pick up for Holiday World. A whole domino of schedule changes followed. I had back-to-back morning Zoom meetings starting at 8:30 am. I planned on dialing in for the second one while we drove to Ferdinand State Forest so we could begin hiking […]
Walker started his senior year of high school at Signature School on Wednesday (but I was remiss in taking the traditional first day of school photos). Walker’s school is set to provide both online and virtual learning. Families were given the opportunity to elect and required to commit to a nine week stint. We all […]