I kept meaning to blog yesterday, but it was an actual busy day. I went to see another ear doctor in the morning to find a solution to my vertigo. It’s so awesome when you have a doctor listen to you and tell you what she’s thinking in terms of a diagnosis and treat you like an actual grownup with a brain. I have to go for some tests at another office, but these should give us a good idea of what’s going on.

I had lunch with my students that work for me in the lab I ran. They are so awesome! Most of them will be taking a class with me in the spring, so it’s not goodbye. It was fun to hear what they had to say about technology (most of them don’t remember not having a computer in the house) and working and having a family. I’m looking forward to next semester.

I had a meeting in SL with Barbara Ganley and Martha Burtis. It’s nice hanging out in virtual worlds with people.

I spent some time cleaning. Next week the serious cleaning ends. The plan is to work in the mornings and do just a little cleaning in the afternoon before the kids get home, and then do a little more work while they’re doing homework. The kids have cleaning projects this weekend to help me finish up some things I’ve been working on. Geeky Girl actually organized a kitchen drawer spontaneous after she saw what I’d done to a cabinet. Geeky Boy wants to work on his room now after seeing Geeky Girl’s room starting to shape up.

The hard part for us is how to get rid of stuff. We have lots of toys and books (used but in good shape) that I need to find a home for. So that’s a project for the weekend too.

Mr. Geeky leaves for an international trip this afternoon. We’re helping him get ready for that and we think we’re also going to try to go to a movie after we see him off.

Two nights this week, we played Boggle and then we all remembered Word Racer, and we have enough computers that all of us can play at the same time. I kill at Boggle, but Geeky Boy kills at Word Racer. He claims he can see patterns better. He’s also a wicked-fast typist. I actually took typing classes in high school and at my best, I can type 80 words/minute. He’s gotta be faster than that. We’ve done a lot of things this week that have been interesting and fun, but that the kids have to be learning from. Geeky Boy is playing the fantasy stock market after we spent some time looking at the market trends in the NY Times. He’s made $7 so far on a biofuel company. Geeky Girl was home sick and we watched Kit Kittridge and talked about the Great Depression. It’s nice to not just have the time (I could have always made the time), but the energy and brain space to have those conversations.