We went to the Seaside volleyball game tonight. Robin had really wanted to volunteer and help out her teacher with the game, but couldn’t work up the nerve to ask, and we ended up leaving early. It was an emotional night. No one felt like cooking, so we ordered takeout from One Night Taco Stand. It was pretty good. Nice to have something different. I’m exhausted, as usual.
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September 7
It’s not really a dress-up-the-table holiday, but I can’t resist a lovely looking table when we have company. Rosina and Dion came for Labor Day. Pinot barked at Dion for a solid hour before finally deciding he liked getting petted by him. This is why we don’t have guests. It was a nice afternoon, though. Dion tried to recreate my beloved Intuition I-10 IPA. He called it I-4, which I think is apt. It’s a very good beer. Not quite I-10, but pretty good nonetheless. I so love that he put so much effort into recreating it. And he gave me a whole case of it! We played a round of Wyrmspan, which was pretty fun. Not a bad afternoon.
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June 10
It’s another marathon Wednesday. Therapy, dance, NAMI, work, all happening at exactly the same time. One more NAMI class and then I think things will get easier. I’m realizing that the kids really need something to do with themselves this summer. Robin is walking around in a clouded funk, barely speaking to anyone except in grunts. Christina sort of listlessly drifts between her room and the TV, also having nothing to say. It’s even boring ME. Today Christina did bake cookies – even tried a new recipe, which came out great. I wish I could think of a project for them, but you know how sometimes you’re so bored that even fun things sound boring? That’s where they are right now. I just want to snap them out of it because you know what I would do if I had the whole summer free? EVERYTHING. Every goddamn thing. These kids suck.
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April 6
Today was just annoying. Idiotic things got to me and I got a headache. I took a short nap and it went away, but now I’m just exhausted and all I want is ice cream and beer. I settled for two Starbursts and pajamas. I can’t wait to go to bed.
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November 29
We made it home from Orlando despite some traffic. I believe I have bought the very last Christmas present for the year. I wish I didn’t enjoy shopping so much. Otherwise all I did today was make octopuses. I have completed 99 of them. Chances are very good I will hit 100 before Tuesday. I’ve got some extra keyrings, so maybe I’ll do a few extra. And then I don’t want to see another octopus keychain ever again.
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November 24
I spent the whole day making octopuses. My goal is 100 by Tuesday. I’m up to 91. Gotta tell ya, though… I am so tired of making octopuses. They’re not even that cute. We also went food shopping for the week and got $150+ in savings on buy one get ones, which by necessity means we also spent $150+, but our weekly total was still less than usual, even with Thanksgiving dinner. I’m impressed. AND today I took Pinot to the vet because he has been relentlessly itchy for days. We had tried children’s Benadryl and an oatmeal bath to no avail. Turns out he’s allergic to something in the grass, so the vet gave him an allergy shot and he is MUCH happier. Not bad for a Monday.
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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 1
Christina’s recital was a success. Rosina and Dion came bearing flowers, even for Robin, who they felt deserved them after surviving her long cheer season as well. That was so sweet of them. Now Christina can tear her ballet costume to shreds, and she probably will, too.
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June 14
I am so glad the weekend is finally here. This week has felt so long. Mostly I just want to sleep past 8am.
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June 12
The highlight of my day was driving from dance class to cheer practice in 20 minutes without speeding, almost half the time it normally takes when I do it an hour earlier. Also today I really appreciated my daughters’ smiles. They fill me up on bad days.
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May 16
I might have quit therapy today. We also made delicious chicken tikka masala for dinner and I took a shower. I bowed out of the worship committee at church and I feel so relieved. Feeling generally out of it. I haven’t even been able to put my heart into complaining this week. Maybe I need more sleep.
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May 13
The power has been off and on tonight in the rain, which is funny because we’ve lived in this house for 11 years, including through a few hurricanes, and the power has never more than flickered before. It was out for about 15 minutes at one point and Christina was flipping out. Telling her about the time I had to go five days without electricity OR running water during a snowstorm didn’t help the way I thought it would. But Mother’s Day roses by candlelight really are quite beautiful, especially paired with the sound of rain falling on the roof. It’s so nice that even though the power came back on 45 minutes ago, I’m still sitting here in the dark. It’s so easy to forget to be still.
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April 3
I’m continuing to truck along. Trying to get some things straight for myself, trying to stay productive creatively. I’m writing, only maybe one or two paragraphs a day, but I’m writing. I’m finding a lot of the process is trying to think through a story I don’t really know. I’ve doubled my progress from last year and it’s only just April. It’s something. May not necessarily be good just yet, but it’s something.
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March 31
It was not my favorite Easter. Shawn has been hurt and they weren’t up for a family gathering, so it was just the four of us. I tried to keep it special, but Billy seemed to be in another kind of mood. The kids and I did some nearby geocaching, though, the food was good, and the Easter Bunny brought just the right things and did a good job hiding eggs. So, not the best, but certainly not the worst.
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November 23
Billy made an awesome dinner, including one of the juiciest turkeys I’ve ever had. All in all a pretty good Thanksgiving. Could definitely have gone very differently this year, and I’m kind of glad it didn’t.
