July 2024
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July 31
This summer is flying by with very little time to enjoy it. I feel like I am just jumping one hurdle after another without ever taking a break. It’s not that I’m not having fun as much as that I’m having fun without having the chance to acknowledge that I’m enjoying it. If this is…
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July 30
I am so proud of Robin, who spent seven solid hours at a cheer practice in a gym that is not air conditioned on a 95-degree day and then went to a tumbling class immediately afterwards and still put in a solid effort involving many sets of back handsprings without anyone around her, all with…
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July 27
45… the day was pretty good. I loved spending the morning at the beach, alone, so peaceful. I left when all the families started arriving and went to lunch with my own family. Raised a glass to my mom and shared stories with the kids. Spent hours making a delicious cake with Robin. Christina told…
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July 26
I didn’t get to the pool yesterday, thanks to the weather, so I took the day off from work and went this morning. I did not regret it. I always forget how refreshing the water is when it’s 102 degrees outside. Then we watched the Olympics opening ceremony, which was FOUR HOURS LONG OMG, but…
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July 23
I went outside to take out the recycling and saw this beautiful almost-full moon behind these dramatic wispy clouds, so I went inside to get my camera, and the moon almost immediately disappeared behind a big fat dark cloud. I did get the last few moments of its glow and the pleasure of having seen…
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July 22
Christina astounds me with her creative, adventurous spirit. Robin amazes me with her talent and accomplishments. She got her back handspring again today after months of injury, lackluster coaching, and holidays. She overcame her fear and did it. I love both of them with all my heart for all the reasons and more. I crawl…
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July 21
Church, then games at Java Game Haus, then food shopping, then dinner with friends (yes, friends in Jax!), then another episode of the Ken Burns film about the Civil War. I’m a little obsessed. I think there is a clue in it that we need in order to solve the problems we face today. I…
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July 20
Bunny is all done, wrapped, packaged, and ready to mail. I had fun making her. Also today we did some school shopping – we went to the St. Augustine outlets and bought the kids new shoes, a couple special new items of clothing, some bras, and Auntie Anne’s pretzels. And then we made fish sticks…
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July 19
Robin and I enjoyed an hour at the beach after dropping off Christina at camp. The waves were huge (by our standards) and even I went in the water to let them splash over me. It was so refreshing and we had fun laughing at each other as we got bowled over. We went and…
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