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  • May 31

    Today was the last day of school and the kids were home by noon. It is so hard to work from home on the last day of school when your kids are home at noon. I was ready to log off at 2:27, and almost did, but I pushed through. The weather’s been a little…

    May 31
  • April 10

    I think we managed to make things right with Robin. At least she’s speaking to me again.

    April 10
  • April 1

    Some days you just want to throw in the trash and this was one of them. Nothing terrible happened, but I opted out of almost everything and literally made myself sick for no good reason. I guess the joke’s on me.

    April 1
  • March 25

    The finished products. Not too bad. The kids seem happy and I’m proud of the work we did and how it turned out.

    March 25
  • March 23

    I almost forgot to take a photo for the first time in almost 15 months. Remembered at the last minute. All the decorating is done and now I’m ready for basketball. It’s been a pretty good spring break, the kind where going back to real life absolutely sucks. Got to milk what’s left for all…

    March 23
  • January 5

    I finally replaced my tire. Had to drive 20 minutes to the dealership just to talk to someone, but they squeezed me in without an appointment and got it done at no charge. I still think they need to either disable their phone lines altogether or learn how to return calls, but once I did…

    January 5
  • December 13

    It was a crazy evening. Christina’s dance class was extended to 8:30, which is when Billy leaves for work and I’m bringing Robin’s teammate home from practice. So I was all set to tell the dance studio I’d be there late, when Robin’s teammate let us know she was sick and not going to practice.…

    December 13
  • August 1

    Drove home today and I am relieved to be back. It was a very difficult trip for me. I don’t think the kids will ever want to go hiking with me again. I killed them with mountains and heat and humidity and bugs and also mountains. I also really struggled to keep myself grounded. I…

    August 1
  • July 18

    The last several days have felt overwhelming. So much going on, so many delicate balls up in the air. I mostly just want to put them all down.

    July 18
  • May 29

    It was a busy day of deep cleaning, clothes shopping for Christina, since she had grown out of nearly everything she owned, going to see the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie, and dinner out at Al’s Pizza. Nice way to wrap up a long weekend.

    May 29
  • January 24

    I’ve had this string of long, hard days with almost no down time, and it’s wearing me down. Today was gym, writing assignment for Thursday’s worship class, work, pick kids up from school, go back to school for parent night, food shopping, pharmacy to pick up a prescription only to find my insurance won’t cover…

    January 24