• There has been a bluebird trying to fly into my office window for nearly a week now. She spent more than 20 minutes repeatedly flying into it this morning, chirping at it, and flying into it some more. I finally had to ask Google wtf she was doing and it told me that she was…

    February 3
  • Finally back to work today, my first day teaching. It felt pretty good. I am woefully underprepared for this class, but we’re gonna get through it anyway. I blew my hair straight the other day because it was too cold to go out with wet hair. I liked it so much I did it again…

    February 2
  • Busy day. Took the girls for haircuts. Robin went for a big change and it looks amazing on her. She was really happy with it, but didn’t want her picture taken, so we have this. Then we went food shopping and out to Target so Christina could buy some birthday gifts for her friends. We…

    February 1
  • Not quite feeling 100% yet, but I did get a lot done. Three loads of laundry washed, dried, folded, and put away, my first cup of coffee from Panera in over a week, cleaned the kitchen, designed, engraved, and hung my medal rack, fixed the keyboard issue on Robin’s iPad, did some coloring, did light…

    January 31
  • I feel like I have finally turned a corner on this flu. I made it out to pick up my new sunglasses and even worked half a day. It never felt so good to be at work. It feels so good to be alert again.

    January 30
  • I had about six or seven minutes of blissful clarity in little 30-second bursts over the course of the day. There may be hope for me yet!

    January 29
  • I tried to work today. Made it about three hours before I thought my brain would implode. I’ve already decided to take tomorrow off. There has to be an end to this coming. The exhaustion is overwhelming.

    January 28
  • If I could take a picture of the inside of my brain, it would be compressed to 2/3 its original size and filled with a combination of cotton balls and spider webs. All the muscles in my body are tied in tight red knots. Opening my eyes takes monumental effort. I am such a wuss.…

    January 27
  • I took the day off from work and hardly ever opened my eyes. I’m being a baby, but I haven’t been sick in years, even just a cold. I’ve forgotten how to deal with it. I may take tomorrow off too. Today was just aches and pains, but I can feel congestion settling in now.…

    January 26
  • Christina wrapped up her competition and did ok. Not the showing she was hoping for, but she had a great weekend with her friends and had fun dancing. We spent seven hours sitting in our seats to watch three performances and didn’t eat or drink anything during that time. We couldn’t leave our seats because…

    January 25
  • We scratched off another card and took a kayaking tour on the river near Rock Springs in Apopka. It was beautiful! The kids were not interested in the least, although Robin did say on the way back that it was peaceful, which I think was positive. Our tour guide, Nigel, was great. I feel like…

    January 24
  • We decided on a whim to go to Toothsome Chocolate Factory at Universal City Walk for lunch, and it was pretty good. A little too much sweet for me, but that was my own fault for ordering dessert for breakfast and then dessert after that. Christina’s trio did ok… she felt really good about it,…

    January 23
  • I got as much done at work as I could before hitting the road for Christina’s dance competition. I’m at least mostly ready for the first day of training. There is still so much to do after that. Trying to disengage for the weekend and accept that whatever happens, it’ll still better than the last…

    January 22
  • My brain is overflowing. I have an impossible amount of work to do in less than one workday. All I can do is shrug and shake my head and hope for the best. I had an eye doctor’s appointment today and ordered new sunglasses to replace my battered pair. I finished watching season 1 of…

    January 21
  • We went out to eat again tonight. Robin wanted to go out for Colombian food, and who are we to say no? It was delicious. I got some reading in while Christina was at dance. Right now I’m reading Once A Runner, by John Parker. He writes in my language. Otherwise just trying to stay…

    January 20