March 23-March 31, 2022

Lately Ally seems older. I think part of that is health. She’s healthier than she has been in years. 

COVID and the pandemic while still here is not as much an impact on daily life. Last week she was able to attend school and sports without a mask for the first time in 2 years. 

Family TV nights, another volleyball tournament, start of tennis practice and lots of cuddles with Cloey and Daisy. 

Wednesday was  too much. School, a doctors appointment, 2 hours of tennis and then 2 hours of volleyball. Sleep in the car is a must. And we learned not to attempt all three in one day again.

But family TV nights are relaxing.

Cloey is under the covers.

Shutterfly kills me some days. 12 years ago. 

After Saturday morning tennis before going back to school for 2 hours of community service. 

On our way to her volleyball tournament 

At the tournament. Rough match for her team. They lost in 3 sets. (They played 3 matches on Saturday but Ally wasn’t able to go because she had school commitments.)

Post game stop at Dairy Queen for an Oreo blizzard for Ally and a butterscotch dip cone for me. Yum.

We finished a puzzle on Monday night.

Tuesday we watched “Fail” videos and “silly answers from kids” videos on You Tube. We laughed until we cried. It was such a fun time after dinner.

Wednesday Ally worked on her digital photography assignment. They were to go to an Urban location and take 30 pictures of abstract, architecture and people. We went to Central Square after her appointment.

Can you see Ally in the picture above?

We made a plan for Ally to take a nap on Wednesday before volleyball:

Becky decided to take one too.

My tired family. School takes a lot out of them!

Thursday the last day of March Ally woke up feeling crummy. She went to school and her tennis match but felt so crummy she told coach she couldn’t play. I went to watch and she came over to see me and looked so pitiful. But she stayed and watched her team until the very end.   We came home,  ate some dinner and watched TV. She had a low fever but was negative for COVID and so tired she was in bed at 830pm. She told me lots of kids at school had the sniffles and since they are no longer wearing masks it’s going around. 

This morning when I went in to wake her she was burning up. 101 fever. So no school today. She’s bummed to not go and I chuckle because she has missed a lot of school, for medical appointments, her surgery and Frank’s wedding. But today is her first “sick” day all year.  She went back to sleep and will take it easy today.  Let’s hope the rest of April is healthier than it started!