We went to make a new mug for Billy to replace the one Robin broke yesterday. Christina was NOT interested in helping, but she did finally add a few touches to it. Robin went to her first tumbling class at the new gym, taught by her old coach. He was great with her. I’m glad she has this.
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June 18
It was a pretty good day. Robin worked out with me this morning, even though her feet hurt. Robin broke one of Billy’s mugs, which we made for him one Father’s Day when the kids were little, and she told him about it herself even though she was terrified to do it. She made up for it by baking a giant chocolate chip cookie. Made fish sticks for dinner before taking Christina to dance. Watched the Yankees lose ANOTHER game tonight. And now I’m ready for bed.
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June 17
Today was an exhausting day. Things are in flux at work and it’s been both an opportunity and a challenge for me (as most opportunities are). I tried to shut out the world for 15 minutes after logging off by putting on the noise canceling headphones with some good music, but Jackson was having none of it. One may not rest when it’s time to feed the dog. Only it WASN’T time to feed the dog. Try telling Jackson that, though. In the end I managed to cobble together 15 non-consecutive minutes of quiet so I could focus on cooking dinner, and it was delicious. Lemon ricotta pancakes with raspberries, bacon, and eggs. Sometimes cooking can be relaxing. In fact, it’s often relaxing. I was very happy for the distraction. But now I am very happy to have a bed. Good night.
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June 15
It was a weird Father’s Day. Billy’s been sick, so he didn’t even get out of bed until noon. It was mostly just a day to get chores done while he laid on the couch. Laundry, food shopping, house cleaning. Christina and I did bake cannoli cookies for him, but somehow I completely forgot one of the most important ingredients and never added the pistachios. How disappointing! We’ll have to have a do-over, maybe next weekend.
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June 14
We scratched off another adventure card and found ourselves on a private flight tour over Jacksonville. It’s something I didn’t even know you could do, and it was awesome! The pilot took us over our house, but I had a hard time getting oriented from the sky, so I couldn’t find it. Billy saw it, though! It was cool seeing landmarks from above, but it was also cool to hear the conversations the pilot had with flight control. At one point they were telling the pilots to steer clear of the “humans falling from the sky.” Apparently there were skydivers in the area. It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime things that I feel so lucky and privileged to have had the opportunity to do with my family. And that we are. I have to remember to pay some of that back into the universe.
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June 13
Robin’s beach volleyball camp is over. I forced her to do a tumbling evaluation at a new gym even though she said she didn’t want to. Christina had acro tonight and is THIS CLOSE to a back walkover. We learned that frozen broccoli doesn’t do well in a blender. We suspect Pinot may have eaten a bag of sour patch candies, but we can’t find the evidence. And so goes Friday.
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June 12
We didn’t have any activities today, or at least I hope we didn’t, because we didn’t do any. I probably should have at least peeked at the calendar. If we missed something, oh well, too late now. Otherwise it was a pretty good day. I’ve been getting up at 5:30am all week to get into the gym before I drop the kids off at their respective camps. I’ll be glad when we’re back down to just one camp and one drop off and I can go to the gym in daylight again. But now it’s 9:45pm and I am ready for bed!
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June 11
I learned about some organizational changes at work that will impact me and my team and I am processing. No one’s roles were eliminated, but reporting lines and responsibilities are shifting and in flux. It is an opportunity for all of us, but like all good opportunities, it comes with significant challenges. Trying to get my head in the right place to take it on.
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June 10
Robin prepared the slow cooker Thai chicken we had for dinner tonight. We all remarked that the chicken must have dissolved into the sauce because it was cut too small before she cooked it, but then she said no, she didn’t put any chicken in it. She said she thought I was going to add it before I turned the crock pot on. So we had slow cooker Thai… sauce. It was tasty even without the chicken.
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June 9
Robin had an adventurous first day at camp. She was to spend the morning at the beach volleyball court and then take a bus to the main campus for lunch and afternoon activities. I am SURE I told her this, but she says she didn’t know she was supposed to get on the bus. No one checked to make sure everyone who was registered had gotten on the bus, and it left without her. First of all, wtf is that?? How do they not check these things? Luckily she had her phone and I talked to the coach and he took her over himself. But then she got caught in a thunderstorm between the cafeteria and the main building and spent the rest of the day soaked while watching Wall-E with a bunch of little kids. Apparently none of the older kids stayed for the full day. Somehow despite all this, she only came home moderately miserable and still wants to go back. Good on her.
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June 8
Today was marginally more exciting than yesterday. I did go pick up the glass pieces from when I went glass blowing a few weeks ago. This is my duck. We also managed to schedule our adventure we had hoped to do yesterday. I’m super excited about it. I knitted a lot and did crossword puzzles (thanks to Sonal!), read a little, played Harry Potter, cooked dinner, did laundry. And another weekend is over.
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June 7
It was a pretty boring day. We scratched off one of the adventure cards, but we weren’t able to make it happen this weekend. Hoping we can schedule it for another weekend soon. Did go to the gym, though. Also did a lot of knitting, went food shopping, played some Harry Potter, took the dogs for a walk with Robin… I am going to have to come up with something to do tomorrow that is not as boring as what we did today. Hmmm…
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June 6
I completely forgot about this calla lily when I planted my garden this spring. When I saw the leaves coming up a few weeks ago, I was amazed that I hadn’t unearthed it while planting a rose literally on top of it. And tonight I was even more amazed to see that it flowered. It’s only the second time ever that we got a flower from it. I almost missed it, too, because it’s practically buried in the rose that I planted there. What a nice surprise.
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June 5
I set up three Apple Watches today. One for myself (my new one), one for Christina (my old one), and one for Robin, who had to unpair and reset hers since it wasn’t working right. There is something delicious about opening an Apple box. Even their packaging is well designed. Looking forward to tomorrow’s run.
Year in Photos 