Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Last night was a rough night because Elan woke up multiple times and I didn't sleep very well.

Jessica woke up earlier than usual and left for work before the kids were awake. It was an uncomfortable morning because we said little to each other and weren't communicating because of an unresolved argument we had last night.

I got the kids up and ready for school. Sol caught his bus and had a fairly good morning. There was no conflict in our interactions and he seemed to be pretty happy this morning (which is always a good thing).

I drove Nara to her downtown bus stop at the YMCA in Minneapolis and dropped Elan off at hid preschool before heading to MCTC for the day.

Before my American Radicalism class I started doing research for a research paper which is due in less than three weeks (the first rough draft is due a week from Friday).

I printed out over 200 pages of articles relating to Grand Juries and the PATRIOT Act. I haven't come up with a thesis statement yet, but it is going to relate to these two subjects.

After class I spent another hour and a half in the library reading different articles. I also studied some of chapter 5 in HRTB class after checking in with my Team in my on-line class.

I picked up Elan from preschool and dropped him off at his mom's house for the evening (It's her evening to spend with the kids since its my week of custody). Nara took her school bus to her mom's after school. I am pleased that Natalia and I were able to agree to her bringing the kids back to my house (instead of me doing all the driving and dropping the kids off/picking the kids up from Minneapolis to New Hope and back). Some day I look forward to her stepping up and taking responsibility for doing the pick up and drop offs herself (I currently do almost all of the driving for pick-ups/drop-offs, regardless of which week it is. I think it's only fair to expect her to pick-up/drop-off during my weeks and vice versa).

When I got home Jessica and I spent over an hour checking in and communicating about what was wrong. It was positive and successful. We are on great terms, once again, and should be able to better communicate what we're feeling (needs vs. wants).

The kids got home around 9:20 and Elan was already asleep. Nara and Sol went to bed around 9:45.