August Plods Along

2019-08-12Finnur's family, Us Standard

[Photos taken 12 – 31 August 2019, posted online 03 April 2020. The snow is finally mostly gone. Covid-19 is so not gone, with 1364 confirmed cases in Iceland.]

Life plodded along, as we tried to readjust to “regular life” again. We attended a birthday party, and met up with friends, Bjarki took a tumble but escaped surprisingly intact, I kept going to the gym, Anna kept being an ambitious baker, school started up again, and my workplace hosted both a Family Day, and a Hackathon!

The weather was lovely for the most part, and trying to get the kids inside in the evenings continued to be a challenge. But we all survived. (50-ish images total)

Monday 12 August 2019

Emma’s snacks, as she began attending the “after school” program, which began a week before the actual school began, and lasted the whole day. The city runs the after-school program inside the school, and they’ve found that getting the 1st graders into the program a week before school starts lessens the drama of them starting school.
Two points: 1) There are now quite a few charging stations by my work-place, and 2) Our facilities managers have flags for all occasions, and use them diligently.
Soccer practices starting back up.

Wednesday 14 August 2019

This is poor Bjarki resting in the ER, after taking an nasty tumble on his bike, as he was attempting a stunt jump off of a pile of sand in front of our house. Happily he was wearing a helmet (which had a crack in the back), but he got hit on the stomach (hence the rapid entry into the ER), and his elbow got a nasty bruise, which needed an x-ray.
A weirdly familiar sight.
As he warmed up, and the initial shock wore off, he starting feeling better. When he started cracking jokes on the way to the x-ray, I became pretty sure no bones were broken, and thankfully that turned out to be true. Lucky guy!

Friday 16 August 2019

There is a distinct lack of storage space where I work, so a bunch of stainless steel constructions get stored outside.

Saturday 17 August 2019

Getting back on the stair-machine-train.
Proof I was sweaty.
Outside, the Gung-Ho obstacle course run was in full swing.
Later that day we went to celebrate Finnur’s dad’s birthday. It’s pretty incredible, but the weather on 17 August tends to always be gorgeous.
Nice tents in the backyard.
Sitting and chatting.
Kiddos in the hot-tub.
Balcony party.
Enjoying the sun.
We went inside as it became too cold to sit comfortably outside.

Monday 19 August 2019

Piano tuning time.

Thursday 22 August 2019

As school started up again, Anna made pretzels from scratch! They were delicious!

Saturday 24 August 2019

On my way to the gym on this lovely Saturday morning, I got stuck for quite a while at a crosswalk, as participants in the Reykjavik Marathon ran past. The crosswalk attendant was so bad at using the gap in runners to let cars pass that eventually a police officer, who had been waiting for quite a while, exited his car and gave the attendant a small lesson in traffic control. I was set free soon thereafter.
The runners just kept running. So many runners!
Apparently we made it to Ikea, where got a new “inside the closet” shelving unit. Anna assembled it herself!
The highlight of the day was a visit to Ragnar and Agnes. They have a trampoline!
Toothless! 🙂
They also have a hot tub!
The kitchen heroes.
So yummy!

Sunday 25 August 2019

Bjarki happy with his cone of popcorn, during a family day at Marel.
My coworker showing kids the results of scanning a mystery box through the SensorX x-ray machine that we both work on.
Getting our family photo added to the Marel collage.
Five people in one grainy photo.
The candy hoarding continued, this time it was popsicles and candy-floss!
One of the high-points was a demo by Villi the Science Guy (he’s actually an entertainer by trade, but he’s into science big time)
Among other things, he created this amazing smoke-ring-cannon on the spot, so to speak. (All you need is a plastic garbage bin, with a hole in the bottom, a plastic cover taped on, and a, ahemm, smoke machine.
Clearly the best toy ever! (Animated gif, wait for it to load)
Relaxing a bit after all the commotion, before heading home.

Monday 26 August 2019

Emma and Bjarki leaving for the first day of school!
Emma also attended gymnastics practice, which were held (until Covid-19 struck) twice per week for an hour.

Tuesday 27 August 2019

The status on the relatively newly installed fake-turf field at 8:30 in the evening, as I tried to coax Bjarki home, as it was a school night.

Thursday 29 August 2019

Why did I take a selfie in front of Marel at 16:47? I have no idea. But it was day one of the Marel hackathon.

Friday 30 August 2019

On day two of the Marel Hackathon ended with project demonstrations. Villi the Science Guy/Nail Biter was on hand to be an announcer, and entertain.
We then took buses downtown to a faaaancy club at the top of a building that faces the parliament building.
Enjoying the mild weather and the view.
Awards being given out. My team got a “do it now” award.
The swanky bar area. Apparently this is a private club, where you need to pay a membership fee!

Saturday 31 August 2019

Autumn colors beginning to show…
… in conjunction with the autumn rain. Thus endeth August 2019!