Not much to say about today. I went for a run this morning. Had naan pizzas for dinner. Took Christina to dance. Saw some nice tributes to John Sterling on the Yankees broadcast. Kind of a ho-hum day.
Tag: food
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April 3
Since Billy and his sister have to work on Easter Sunday, we are celebrating tomorrow, which means coloring Easter eggs tonight. We tried marbling this year, but it didn’t work very well. It wasn’t for lack of trying. We also finally put our Christmas tree out on the curb for pickup today. Seems kind of poetic, putting up the tree for Christ’s birth, and putting it on the curb for his death. We can almost pass it off as intentional.
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March 30
It’s only Monday and I’m already two days behind where I was on Friday. What is this garbage? However, I did receive some more goodies for my patio project and I am now even more excited about it.
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February 24
I went back to therapy today after almost two years without it. I need to get a better handle on myself when it comes to parenting, and really, relationships in general. Being so wrapped up in Robin’s moods has really taken a toll on me and I’m starting to lose some of the ground I gained over the last year or so. I think I have my work cut out for me.
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January 18
Got a lot done today. Cleaned the kitchen, went food shopping, did laundry. Robin asked to go to Michael’s to buy supplies to make phone charms and I spent way too much money on it. I’ll do almost anything to see her smile. I met Lauren and Monica for an early dinner at Pecan Craft Kitchen, which is a new farm to table restaurant that was pretty good. We complained about our kids and husbands (and ex-husbands) and ate dessert out of tiny mason jars. And then I came home and knitted obsessively for hours. The blanket is coming along – about five more feet to go! At this rate it will be done by the summer solstice. Maybe. Also it’s cold. It barely rose above 50 today and rained most of the day. I am not complaining – it’s just so rare that it gets this cold here. Having the heat kick on before we go to bed is weird. I kinda like it, honestly.
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January 13
I’m really enjoying my new job. Like, a lot. I haven’t even officially started and I’ve accomplished so much. And it’s been fun! Work? Fun? Who expected that? Outside of work, I’ve had to put my running shoes on the shelf for a few weeks, which has been difficult. I have a mild piriformis strain, which comes from overtraining and under-strengthening. I’m hoping some stretching and quad strengthening will help it heal quickly so I can get back to it. I am so afraid that if I get out of the habit of running, I will never get back into it, but I have to trust myself because if I push too hard I won’t even have the option of pushing. In the meantime, I guess I’m going to have to spruce up my bike and see how badly the kids have treated it. Hopefully that is low impact enough that it doesn’t aggravate anything but keeps me active. And also that I don’t get bored with it too quickly.
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September 30
I am working on developing a training deck of staggering genius at work. I’m quite positively obsessed with it. I wake up in the middle of the night writing pieces of it in my sleep. It teaches using practical examples and hands-on activities. Best of all, it’s ACCURATE. And yes, I’m being a little tongue-in-cheek here, but really, I’m proud of the effort. I really do think this will help reviewers succeed in a way that our outdated, lecture-style materials just never could. I’ve completed 1.5 of the 25 total modules, but folks, Rome wasn’t built in a day. And yes, I realize this makes me a total nerd. I cannot deny it. I can think of worse things.
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August 24
I was angry at Robin, but now I’m sad because I can see that a lot of her behavior stems from her own sadness and helplessness. She doesn’t know what to do because nothing she does makes her happy. And in the midst of not being able to find joy in her life, Billy and I yell at her for things she already hates herself for. Not eating, not taking care of her teeth, spending too much time on her phone, spending too much time alone in her room. They’re symptoms of something else, not something to write off as “teenager.” I am sad as hell because I don’t know how to help her. I feel like the more I try to help, the more I push her away. And then I get angry because I feel like she hates me, when all I’m trying to do is love her. I am genuinely afraid of losing her to depression. I feel like it’s my fault, that I should never have let it get to this point, that I should have saved her, that I had so many opportunities over the years and failed. And it’s not really about me, but it kind of is, because I’m part of the relationship too. And Billy, and Christina. There must be hope somewhere.
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March 14
It was a long, long day, and we have an early, early morning tomorrow. So here is a picture of a cake that I did not eat.
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December 22
We did our Christmas food shopping and Christmas baking today, and now there is officially nothing else to do until Christmas. And please god no more spending money. It is astonishing how much we spent on groceries. Dinner better be amazing on Christmas. At least the cookies are pretty good!
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November 8
I was so exhausted all day long. I fell asleep during Christina’s dance class and simply couldn’t stay awake after dinner. I don’t know why I am so tired, but I am going to bed.
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September 2
Today’s big activity was making these enormous s’mores cookies with Christina. They were incredibly time consuming to make, but they were delicious! Good pick!
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August 31
Christina had the idea to have stadium food while we watched the first Penn State football game of the season. So we did and it was awesome! Also, today Jackson turned 13 and got a hot dog to celebrate, and we played a LOT of Scattergories. A nice Saturday.
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August 29
Summer nights are for roasting marshmallows on the back patio. Even if Robin does pout in the corner and snarl at you every time you talk to her.
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August 6
Just another day. I screwed something up big at work, but I’m doing what I can to fix it. Robin had a pretty good tumbling practice, but she’s got a ways to go. Her new coach is fabulous and taking her back to basics. We got our butts kicked by the Harry Potter expansion game I got for my birthday, but not as bad as yesterday. I finished another advent calendar ornament and I like it. Lots of Olympics. Tired.
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