Why my daughter is dangerous

A has been pretty intent on fixing stuff lately. Last weekend Chris scraped a computer and she handed him the parts in correct order and told him where they went as she wasn't exactly happy to not put the computer back together. Today I was working on the tablet and turn around to find this. She has opened up her puppy to expose the battery box. She has also retrieved a set of micro drivers that Chris uses to take stuff a part. She find the correct Philips head for the puppy and starts trying to open up the battery compartment. I don't know why she wants the batteries out, but she seems quite determined to make it happen.

In other news, we had a 2.9 earthquake last Sunday. It was shortly before 4 pm and it sounded like an explosion. We got the house shaking, explosion sound and the concussive wave almost all simultaneously. Apparently we were less than 3 miles from the epicenter, so it makes sense. We didn't immediately think earthquake, but tried to think of what else could do that. Later it was all over the news, so fun fun. I love moving to all these places that aren't supposed to have earthquakes but actually do.

We also finally got some sun. The plants in the garden that haven't drowned or been eaten by slugs are starting to thrive. If I can get enough basil to make some pesto I'll be happy.

Chris found out this past week that his co-manager of the stockroom is leaving in a few weeks, which means Chris gets to work close to 55 hours a week until they bring in someone else. He had kind of worked out a schedule of noon to nine on Mondays and Tuesdays, but now he'll get to go in at eight. He isn't super happy about this and I'm left wondering why he has to pick up the slack because the uni won't replace the guy immediately. We will have to see how A does with this too. This past week when he worked until late she was not a happy girl. They described her as a holy terror at school in fact Tuesday and Wednesday, so we will see what this does to her (and to me as I'm exhausted from work and all).

Well, we are moving on to sewing pins so I should go tame A before she makes a real mess.