It's Fall!

 On 7/26, I went up to Mount Lemmon to see the waterfalls since we had so much rain this summer.  I wasn't disappointed.  Lots of waterfalls.  I met my friend Greg Lyons from church and his summer camp kids up on the top for a short hike.  We found LOTS of ladybugs.  It was awesome.

Nathan had his meet and greet at school on 7/30.  This is his first year of middle school (6th grade).  His homeroom and ELA teacher is Mrs. Powers.  This is the first teacher he will have different teachers for each class and a locker.  He has Tompkins for Latin, Currie for History, Mena for Science, Ferbeyre for Art, Lowe for Music, McRae (Coach Bam) for PE and Woods for Math.  

My "Flying Saucer" bloomed on 8/1.  I put that in quotes because the nursery told me it is a flying saucer, but I don't think it is.  However, it is still very beautiful.  The summer rains also brought out summer poppies and the beautiful barrel cactus flowers this year.  I went and took pictures of the summer poppies on Skyline and Sunrise.  Then I photographed the barrel cacti by Lazyboy on Ina and La Cholla.  

Nathan's first day of 6th grade at Leman Academy was on 8/4.  I went to the Reid Park Rose Garden that day.  It was finally open.  There were beautiful roses, but the garden hasn't been maintained in some time.   

I went to Reid Park Zoo on 8/12.  I also photographed the barrel cacti at Lazyboy on Ina and La Cholla.

I photographed more barrel cacti at Lazyboy on Ina and La Cholla on 8/15.

My June Noon torch cactus bloomed on 8/17.

I went to the Desert Museum on 8/20.  I also photographed the summer poppies and other wildflowers to and from the Desert Museum.  Plus I found a pretty red barrel cactus on Hartman Lane to photograph.

I photographed the wildflowers and barrel cacti along Lambert Lane on 8/21.  I also photographed more of the barrel cacti at Lazyboy on Ina and La Cholla.  And I went to the Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens.

On 8/25 I photographed the datura growing wild along Hartman Lane.

I went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima Prickly Park and photographed the barrel cacti at Lazyboy on Ina and La Cholla on 8/26.

On 9/3, I went to Sabino Canyon.  There was actually a lot of water flowing.  So much so that the tram only went up to the first bridge.  I decided to walk it.  I went through the water at the first bridge, but then decided to turn around.  Everything was very green in the canyon.  It was a good day to go, too, because I saw a desert tortoise (the first time seeing one there or in the wild, for that matter) and a group of javelina including some babies.  

We went to Scottsdale to have lunch with the Alvirs at Grimaldi's on 9/4.

We went to Apple Annie's on 9/6.  Their peach crops got ruined, but they shipped some in.  So we bought some peaches and some other items.  We also ate some yummy roasted corn while there. 

I went to Catalina State Park on 9/13 to see the morning glories.  I had never seen so many morning glories in my life, and there were multiple colors.  I love them.  Reminds me of Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.

My June Noon bloomed again on 9/28.  I also went to Tucson Botanical Gardens and the Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens.  There were a lot of bird of paradise blooming at Tucson Botanical Gardens.   

On went back up to Mount Lemmon on 9/30.  Everything was very green, but no Fall colors yet.  

I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens on 10/1 to see the opening of the Butterfly exhibit.  It was closed last year due to COVID-19 precautions.  I was rather disappointed because I only saw a handful of butterflies in there. However, I found some morning glories growing in their parking lot so that kept me busy for awhile.  Afterward I stopped at Green Things Nursery.  

We went back to Apple Annie's on 10/9 to pick our pumpkins and to photograph the sunflowers.  I picked a peach pumpkin, Paul picked a traditional orange pumpkin and Nathan picked white and warty pumpkins.  

Nathan made honor roll the first quarter, but just barely with a 90.6.  He got a 94 in History, 88 in Science, 91 in Math, 90 in Latin and 90 in ELA. His English, Latin and Art teachers said Scholar is a pleasure to have in class.  His History teacher said he tackles new challenges with a positive attitude.  His Math teacher said Scholar is a pleasure to have in class AND he tackles new challenges with a positive attitude.  He got a C (Consistent) for Caring, E (Exemplary) for Citizenship, E for Perseverance, C for Respect, E for Responsibility, E for Trustworthiness and a C for Best Effort.  No Ds for Developing or Rs for Rare.  Not bad at all for a kid who doesn't like school this year.  He doesn't think he is being challenged enough at school.  I think he is bored.  He doesn't really like a lot of his teachers, the administration or his peers.  Part of the problem is that they have a lot of turnover in staff.  That should tell you something right there.  I have always said they have too many kids going to that school and not enough space for all of them.  They keep adding more schools within Leman without working out the kinks in the present schools.  Bullying is a issue.  This year Nathan says swearing is a big problem with the 6th graders.  It is hard for him to be raised in a Christian home, but then be exposed to kids like that every day.  We are considering switching schools next year, but there aren't a lot of options.  We don't want him going to the regular public schools so we have to find a good charter or private Christian school.  

On 10/16, Nathan and I went to Reid Park Zoo to see the animals being fed pumpkins and to see the new baby zebra.  Nathan had Fall break that week, but we didn't go anywhere this year because Paul had to work.  I was surprised that Nathan actually wanted to go to the zoo with me, but I think he just wanted to get out of the house after being there all week.  Being a Saturday and Fall Break, the zoo was very crowded. 

I went to Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens on 10/22.

We went up to Mount Lemmon to see the Fall colors on 10/23.  Bear Wallow had the most color as usual.  We ate at the Iron Door for lunch.  There was quite a bit of yellow up there.  We drove through Summerhaven and there was some color there as well.  It was a beautiful Fall day. 

My June Noon torch cactus bloomed AGAIN on 10/24.  

     

Active Monsoon Summer!

June 19th we flew to Seattle.  We rented a car and headed toward Glacier National Park.  We stopped at Snoqualmie Falls.  We stayed the night at Rimrock Lodge in Thompson Falls, MT.  We were unable to get tickets for the Going to the Sun Road the next day, but we also learned that it was still not completely open for the season.  That morning we stopped by the ranger station and they told us that after 5 pm we could go on the Going to the Sun Road.  So we went to the east side and did the Many Glacier road.  We saw bears along the side of the road and a young big horn sheep near the Many Glacier Hotel.  After 5 pm we headed to the Jackson Glacier overlook on the Going to the Sun Road.  That is as far as they had the road open.  Looks like we are going to have to return a 3rd time to Glacier to travel the entire Going to the Sun Road when it is fully open.  We found out that it opened like 4 days after we were there!  That night we stayed at the Baymont by Wyndham Helena Helena, MT.  6/21 we headed to Yellowstone.  We were greeted by elk near the entrance.  We went to Mammoth Springs and then Dawn went to see some other hot springs including the Steamboat Geyser.  That night we stayed at Cabin Village in Island Park, ID.  The next morning (6/22) we got up early to go see Old Faithful.  We were lucky to see a herd of buffalo with their babies and they came up right along the side of our car.  It was cooler out in the morning and so Paul and Nathan chickened out in the car while Dawn waited for Old Faithful to erupt.  We went over to Grand Prismatic Spring later in the morning, but the fog was still pretty heavy that you couldn't see the colors that well.  From there we headed to Grand Teton National Park.  We tried to go to Jenny Lake.  It was crowded and Nathan was complaining because he got bit up by mosquitos.  We didn't stay long and headed out of the park.  We didn't get to see much there this trip.  We ate dinner at Sidewinders where we ate in the Spring.  That night we stayed at Targhee Lodge By Grand Targhee Resort in Alta, WY.  The next day (6/23) was a long driving day as we made our way toward Cannon Beach.  We stayed the night at River Lodge and Grill in Boardman, OR.  The next day (6/24) we stopped at Horsetail Falls and Multnomah Falls.  We ate lunch there at Multnomah Falls.  We arrived in Cannon Beach and checked in at Sea Breeze Court.  Paul and Nathan stayed in the room while Dawn went to walk the beach and explore the tide pools.  The next morning (6/25) Dawn got up early to go see the tide pools again.  She saw sand dollars on the beach as well as a salp and crystal jellyfish.  There were lots of starfish and even some sea slugs/nudibranches in the tide pools.  It was hard to spot the puffins there, but I did get one decent picture of one flying.  We did some shopping in Cannon Beach that day and Nathan played on the beach a little.  The next day (6/26), we headed to Seaside and went to Seaside Aquarium.  It is a small aquarium, but we fed the seals there.  From there we headed to Ecola State Park to see the Tillamock Rock Lighthouse.  Dawn ended up doing a hike to Indian Beach hoping to see some better views of the lighthouse.  After some time, Paul and Nathan picked her up over by Indian Beach.  That night we caught the sunset on Cannon Beach.  The next day (6/27) we started our drive to Seattle to fly back home.  It was VERY hot that day.  We stopped at the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse and North Head Lighthouse.  

Nathan lost his 17th tooth on June 22 when we were on vacation at Glacier National Park.  We held it until we got home and the tooth fairy came on 6/28.  The tooth fairy gave him $17.  He has 3 baby teeth to go.  

We went to church on Fourth of July.  Then Paul cooked out for us and we did smores.  That night Paul and I watched the fireworks from our balcony, but Nathan wasn't interested.  

Nathan lost his 18th tooth on July 10.  The tooth fairy gave him $18.  He has 2 baby teeth to go.  

Nathan went with me to New Testament Baptist Church to attend their VBS 7/12-7/16.  He ended up winning 9th place for the most points earned so he picked out a nerf gun as his prize.  I helped with the penny table. 

Nathan lost his 19th tooth on July 16.  The tooth fairy gave him $20 (she must not have had $19 in change!).  He has one baby tooth to go!

7/18, Paul and Nathan found out at the evening church service that Pastor Morris will be stepping down as pastor due to his cancer.  The doctors said it is not a matter of if the cancer will return, but when.

Nathan lost his last tooth on July 23!  The tooth fairy gave him $20.

Summer Heat

 On May 11, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens.

On May 21, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Reid Park Rose Garden and Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens.

Nathan got his Master Club awards on May 25.  He earned 4 badges.    

Nathan's last day of 5th grade was on May 26.  He made high honor roll and the principal's award all year (cumulative GPA > 95.5%).  Even though he has made honor roll every year, I think this is his first year getting the principal's award all year.  To do this during a tough year of back and forth remote learning and on campus learning is pretty impressive to me.  He also got the Go Against the Grain Award.  He got a 90 for English Languages (teacher noted that he returns homework and assignments timely), 96 in History/Geography, 100 in Math, 98 in Reading, 98 in Science an E (exceeding the standard) in Latin and his Latin teacher noted that he is a pleasure to have in class, a M (meeting the standard) in Art and his Art teacher noted that he is a pleasure to have in class, a M in Music and a M in PE.  Next year Nathan will be entering middle school!

The day after Nathan finished school we flew out to Chicago.  We celebrated my grandma's 103rd birthday on 5/29.  Her actual birthday was 6/2.  Paul and Nathan went up to Paw Paw, MI on May 30 to meet Lisa and her in-laws.  Nathan went fishing, but didn't catch anything.  On Memorial Day (5/31), we went to Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL.  My cousin Rick Cox told us about it at my grandma's birthday party.  They had a bunch of military tanks for Nathan to climb on and a lot of gardens on the ground for me to photograph flowers.  They had tons of peonies!  On June 1, I went to Brookfield Zoo.  I went to Lake Katherine on 6/2.  I saw waterlilies and other flowers, a snake!, bullfrogs, dragonflies, turtles, a great blue heron, swans, geese with their babies, etc...  That night we met Lisa, John, Aubrie, Donnie, Austin and his girlfriend at Ledo's for dinner.  I went to Morton Arboretum on 6/3.  I was disappointed because there wasn't a lot to photograph.  Lots of green trees.  The most exciting thing was a few magnolia trees.  I think it is much prettier to see in the Fall when the trees change colors.  We met my friend Debbie Madl and her kids at Portillo's for dinner on June 3.  We left Chicago and came home June 4.  

Nathan lost his 16th tooth on June 6.  He got $16 from the tooth fairy.  He has 4 baby teeth to go.  

Spring in the Desert

On 3/26, I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Pima Prickly Park.

My Apricot Glow bloomed on 3/28 & 3/29!

On 4/1, I went to Bach's Cactus Nursery, Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Tucson Botanical Gardens.

On 4/3, I photographed the claret cups on Lambert Lane and then other cactus flowers by the Oro Valley Hospital.

Easter was on 4/4.  Nathan got an Easter basket from the Easter Bunny and did an Easter egg hunt.  

On 4/5, I went back over to Lambert Lane and Oro Valley Hospital, then to Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Green Things Nursery, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park. 

I did a 3rd trip to Lambert Lane and Oro Valley Hospital on 4/6.

I went to the Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park on 4/8.

On 4/12, I went to Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park.

I went to Bach's Cactus Nursery and Pima Prickly Park on 4/15.  I bought a pink hedgehog cactus at Bach's for $12.73.

I went to Tucson Botanical Gardens on 4/16.

I went to Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park on 4/20.

On 4/22, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Tucson Botanical Gardens.

I went to Pima Prickly Park on 4/24.

My June Noon bloomed on 4/26 and I went to the Desert Museum.

On 4/27, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens and Tucson Botanical Gardens.

On 4/30, I went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park.

On 5/1, we decided to go see the Salt River horses.  We found them pretty quick by Coon Bluff.  We ate lunch at Grimaldi's and then picked up Portillo's to take home.

Nathan lost his 15th tooth on 5/3/21 and got $15 from the tooth fairy!

I went to the Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park on 5/5.

My June Noon and Flying Saucer bloomed on 5/6.  Well, it was supposed to be a Flying Saucer, but I don't know if it really is because it doesn't like other Flying Saucers I have seen.  It's still beautiful, though.  I also went to Tohono Chul Park, Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima Prickly Park. 

On 5/7, my June Noon bloomed again as well as my Apricot Glow.  I went to the Desert Museum, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens that day, too.  I stopped by Bach's Cactus Nursery to buy a First Light torch cactus.

My Apricot Glow flowers were still open on 5/8 and my First Light torch cactus bloomed that I bought the day before.   

We had a nice Mother's Day on 5/9.  The day before, Paul let me stop at Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens to take pictures of the cactus flowers.  Then we headed up to Mt. Lemmon.  We ate at the Iron Door Restaurant and then met my friend Greg Lyons from church with his Arizona Adventures Camp group up there.  Nathan zip lined, participated in a shaving cream fight, played games and started the fire for the s'mores.  On Mother's Day, Paul cooked out for me and gave me flowers and a card.  

Spring is here?

Nathan went to see Wonder Woman 1984 with me on 1/15.  It was a strange movie, but it is Wonder Woman and she is awesome! 

I went to the Reid Park Zoo and the Pima County Cooperative Extension Gardens on 1/19.

I went to photograph the snow at Sabino Canyon on 1/26.  I then went to Saguaro National Park East to photograph the snow, but it had pretty much already melted there by the time I got there.  

1/28 Nathan got strep throat so he had to miss a day of school to go to the doctor.  He got an antibiotic and permission to return to school the next day.  We were thankful it was not COVID-19.  

I went to the Desert Museum on 2/4.

I went to Reid Park Zoo and Tucson Botanical Gardens on 2/11.  Bella also turned 13 on 2/11!  

Paul and I celebrated our 18th anniversary on 2/17.  He got me 2 dozen red roses for Valentine's Day and our anniversary.  Nathan made me a great hand written Valentine's Day card.  

Nathan got in school suspension 2/23 & 24.  Some boys had been bullying him and his friends at recess.  They would join the games they were playing, but they would cheat and call them names.  Nathan and his friends kept telling the teachers and staff, but they didn't do anything about it.  Nathan finally had enough and punched two of the boys.  One was named Nathan and had just transferred to the school a few weeks ago.  Nathan had to sit in the principal's office during his suspension.  We had a meeting with the principal to explain what led to this incident.  He seemed to understand and said that the staff would be more attentive at recess.    

The Tucson Rodeo was canceled this year due to COVID-19.  We never go anyway.  Nathan still had those days off of school, though.  So we went to Out of Africa on 2/25.  Paul and Nathan fed a tiger there and we all got to meet Bart, the sloth (I LOVE sloths!).  We went to see the Tom & Jerry movie on 2/26.  Then we went to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on 2/27.   It was a last minute decision to go there so we could cross it off our bucket list. It would have been nice if there were more wildflowers there, but we didn't get enough rain this year. It took about 2.5 hours to get there. Then once we entered the park it was about 10 miles to the visitor center, if I remember correctly. At the visitor center they gave us the map that showed all of the scenic drives within the monument. It is big! There are 5 different routes listed as easy for passenger cars. There are 2 routes listed as medium for high clearance vehicles and one route listed as hard for high clearance 4wd. We took one of the "easy" routes since we just have a Ford Fusion. We decided on the Ajo Mountain Loop (right across the street from the visitor center) which is 21 miles long and has a dense concentration of saguaros and organ pipe cactus. The road was mostly rocky with just a few short paved sections. I thought it was pretty with the surrounding mountains which had colorful layers of rock. There were lots of saguaros, cholla, prickly pear, ocotillo (Paul's favorite) and of course organ pipe cactus. We stopped to hike a little bit of the Arch Canyon trail which is aptly named because there is an arch. I mistakenly did not bring my wide angle lens with me and only had my telephoto lens. So I took some shots with it and some shots with my phone.

I photographed a few wildflowers along Tangerine Rd in Oro Valley on 3/3. There wasn't much, but there were a few here and there.

The Texas Mountain Laurel flowers started to bloom over by Fry's on 3/6! They smell like grape candy!

My 2014 Ford Fusion went over 100k miles on 3/7!

Nathan made honor roll for the 3rd quarter of 5th grade.  He got a 94.6 average.  He got a 96 in English Languages, 91 in History/Geography, M for Latin, 96 in Math, M for Art, M for Music, M for PE, 95 for Reading and 95 in Science.  

For Spring Break, we decided to go to Glacier National Park and the Grand Tetons.  We also wanted to go up to Canada to Banff and Jasper, but Canada was requiring a 2 week quarantine period.  When we started making our plans we also did not realize that it was still "winter" up there.  Most of the areas of the parks would be closed because they hadn't plowed the roads yet.  The advantage was that there was less people.  So on 3/12 we flew out to Spokane, WA and spent the night there.  The next day we drove to Glacier National Park.  We ate pizza pie for Pi Day and had huckleberry pie (with huckleberry ice cream).  We drove around Lake McDonald that day.  The next day we drove to the east side of the park to explore as much as we could until the road was closed off.  3/16 we drove 9+ hours from Glacier National Park to the Grand Tetons.  I broke my 43 day streak of getting 10k steps :(  I did not get to eat corned beef and cabbage on St Patty's Day, but I did make my own in the crockpot the week we left before our vacation.  That day we explored part of the Grand Tetons.  3/18 we did a 4 hour tour too see more of the Grand Tetons.  We saw moose, elk, coyotes, bighorn sheep, eagles, etc...  We also took a "sleigh ride" to see the elk up close at the National Elk Refuge.  It was a horse drawn wagon ride that was VERY bumpy.  Our last day in the Grand Tetons we drove to Mormon Row.  They had the road leading it to it closed, so I had to walk about 2 miles to get to Mormon Row and the 2 miles to get back to the car.  It was worth it.  We saw a big group of deer that morning.  Then in the afternoon we did a scenic chair lift ride at Snow Mountain.  We were going to go snow tubing there, but Nathan chickened out.  3/20 we drove from the Grand Tetons to Butte, MT.  That was a 4+ hour drive and we had to go through the mountains in the snow.  It was scary, especially when we saw the car directly in front of us almost slide off the road.  The last day we drove from Butte to Spokane, WA.  That was another 4+ hour drive and again it was snowing.  We finally made it to the airport, but we weren't sure if our flights would be delayed/canceled since we had a connecting flight in Denver and Denver was going to get a snow storm.  The first part of our flight went as scheduled.  Our flight out of Denver was delayed because our flight crew was coming from Midway and they were delayed.  We finally boarded the plane and then they had to de-ice it...while it was snowing pretty good.  We left about an hour late.  We hit some turbulence or something and I wasn't sure the plane was going to recover.  That was probably my scariest moment flying.  The rest of the flight was smooth, but we didn't get to Tucson until 11 pm and then didn't get home until midnight.  Paul had to work the next day and Nathan had to go back to school!  I don't think we will plan a trip that tight again in the future!   

2020 is over!

We went to the Wildlife World Zoo on 11/27, the day after Thanksgiving.  

I went to Sabino Canyon on 12/8.  I saw a coati!

Nathan turned 11 on 12/15!  Nathan decided to make his own cake this year.  We bought a cake from the Safeway bakery with plain white icing and he decorated the top to look like a castle. 

Nathan's birthday ?s: 

1) Favorite Color – Cyan
2) Favorite Toy – Nintendo Switch
3) Favorite Show/Movie – Karate Kid
4) Favorite thing to eat for lunch - Pizza 
5) Favorite thing to wear - Clothes
6) Favorite Game - Minecraft
7) Favorite Snack – Fruit Rollups
8) Favorite Animal – Dog
9) Favorite Song – Maxy Party (a song he made up about his stuffed animal dog Max)
10) Favorite Book - Bible 
11) Best Friend – Max (his stuffed animal dog)
12) Favorite Cereal – Lucky Charms

13) Favorite thing to do outside/place to go – Dave & Busters

14) Favorite Drink – Mango Lemonade
15) Favorite Holiday - Christmas
16) What do you like to take to bed with you at night - Tons of stuffed animals
17) Favorite thing to eat for breakfast – Pancakes
18) What do you want for dinner on your birthday – Grimaldi’s
19) What do you want to be when you grow up – Computer Programmer
20) Favorite thing to do at school - Lunch
21) Food you don't like – Bugs and Sushi

22) What is something you are good at – Video Games
23) Favorite Food - Pizza
24) Favorite Vegetables – Greek Potatoes
25) Favorite Dog – All dogs (Pug, St Benard, Bulldog, Husky)
26) Favorite Reptile – Komodo Dragon and Yellow Bellied Sea Snake
27) Favorite Bird – Puffin, Turkey, Turkey Vulture
28) Favorite Pizza Topping – Pepperoni, Green Peppers and Oregano

29) Favorite Car – Yellow McLaren P1 

I went to Reid Park Zoo on 12/17.

Christmas was low key at home with just the three of us.  I never even got ornaments on the tree.  We didn't put up the main tree downstairs because Paul's desk and Nathan's desk are now in our living room.  We put up "Nathan's tree" in the loft/Dawn's office.  Santa still found it!  Nathan got a lot of art supplies, some Lego sets, Game Stop gift cards, an air hockey set, etc...  

Nathan ended the 2nd quarter on high honor roll!  He had a 95.6 GPA.  He got a 94 in English Languages, 92 in History/Geography, M for Latin, 99 in Math, M for Art, E for Music, M for PE, 97 for Reading and 96 in Science.  

I went back to Sabino Canyon on 12/27.  Still hardly any water, but some nice yellow trees.  

Nathan had his 11 year pediatrician appointment.  His previous pediatrician had to retire early due to health issues.  So he had a new pediatrician this time.  He weighs 82 pounds and is in the 55th weight percentile.  He is 56.3 in tall and is in the 49th height percentile.  

New Years Eve was spent at home with just the 3 of us, too.  We also celebrated my birthday with a Wonder Woman cake!  We were all in bed by midnight!

I turned 46 on January 2.  We went to the Phoenix Zoo, Grimaldi's for lunch and then picked up food to bring home from Portillo's.  

Nathan started back at school today.  This first week of the 3rd quarter is being done remotely.  They are supposed to go back to campus next week.