Happenings

Well, I just finished a 1-hour midterm test in 15 minutes so I'm out a little early and actually have time to write a little bit for once.

School had been keeping us uber busy. I've had so much reading and studying that I barely have time for any leisure activities. Alyssa has had some major projects to work on so we've both just been juggling our course load, work load, home life, Odin, eating, and sleeping as best we can. Last night I was reading for 6 hours until 1am to prepare for this test and just as I started to lie down around 1:05 is when we accidentally woke Odin up and he wouldn't go back down until about 3 am. I don't know if I'll make it through this next class and then off to help Dad clean his house.

A few days ago I bought a bike trailer for Odin to ride in. Now we can take him riding with us and we can carry groceries home in it instead of walking them home. He really loves it; he threw the biggest fit when we took him out the first time, he wanted to keep riding.

Odin's been getting smarter every day. He understands basic commands, and he puts things together. When he asks for something and he sees what I do, he does it himself the next time. For example, every morning when he wakes up, I get him out and tell him to wait while I pull on some warm pants to go into the kitchen, so now when I get him out he goes and finds my pants and brings them to me so we can go out there. We also got him his own set of plastic plates and silverware so now he'll only eat if he has them. (A good habit to have learned if I do say so myself.) He even cleans himself off when he's done eating. He's adding new words to his vocabulary every day, and he makes interesting connections, like knowing where we are when he sees certain buildings pass by on the same bus route we take every day. His pronounciation has gotten a lot better as well, with less mumbling and more actual words.

My guitar instructor things I'm high level enough that he tought me how to play Money by Pink Floyd, Sunshine of your Love by Eric Clapton, and Johnny be Goode by Chuck Berry. Interesting stuff, and he challenged me to play Enter Sandman by Metallica at the next lesson.

Alyssa has been working feverently on her compositions for class, it's realling interesting to see what she comes up with. She works so hard and still finds time to be with Odin and me and an help me get my work done by watching him.

Anyway, it's almost time for class and I wanted to review some notes before it starts, so I gotta run. More later.