Writing from our hotel room in glamorous Brown Deer, WI. As I mentioned, Asher and I are here for 3 nights for Asher's State swim meet. We arrived last night (Thursday), later than ideal. He had practice from 5-6 and then they had a team dinner at 6:15 at Noodles.... (Like, why couldn't the team… Continue reading Swim meet/ mini-vacay!
Oh man, this month of February has just disappeared. I had a suspicion this would happen, so I guess I'm glad I had a super productive January. I feel like my ENTIRE month of February has been dominated by the end of the swim season, even though on paper, it doesn't look like that much.… Continue reading Just keep swimming…
Blergh, how has it been over a week since I posted?! Well, I guess I know why- I've had quite a lot going on. Let's catch up a little! New PCP Last Wednesday was the day Ivan left for Mexico early in the morning, so I was up early to drive him. Then I worked,… Continue reading College visits, swim, weekend, etc.
In the haste of my "week that went haywire", I fell a little out of touch with blogs/ blogging and never officially declared my intent to participate in Elisabeth's annual "Finding Joy in Gratitude" Collective (aka- FIGs!). Elisabeth's FIG logo When she posted the first week's summary this morning, I realized- hey, I can still… Continue reading FIGS Week 1
I knew it was coming! I even called it.... the inevitable downswing after my semi-manic January where I felt SUPER energized and had oodles of new-year energy. I typically have a stretch of a few weeks in January where school + sports are just ramping back up and there's enough margin for me to magically… Continue reading I knew the downswing was coming
My main Health/ Fitness goals for January were: 1. Go to 1 Core class at my gym (30 minutes). ✅ I went to 2! I found that I can squeeze in the 8:05-8:35 class on Fridays before work. I have a standing 9:15 Friday meeting, so I can shower before the class (it's not a… Continue reading Fitness Goals for February
Bringing back the monthly recap, which I did so diligently every single month in 2025.... until October. 😩 Can I make it all 12 months in 2026?? Ah... January. It's always such a LONG month here in WI. It was VERY COLD. 🥶 I was quite sick for part of it. It was a good… Continue reading January 2026 Recap
I think if I finish these recaps before winter is over, I'm doing okay! (I feel better knowing that Lag Liv is also still attempting to recap their South Africa trip from... last June I think?) Anyway, after this one, I just have one more to go. 🙂 So on that note, let's dive into… Continue reading Christmas in Ireland 2025- Part 2
It's a fun and exciting time in the sports world! Looking forward to: 🔷The Winter Olympics!!! I love the Olympics. I love everyone in the world coming together and caring about the same thing at the same time and cheering people on. I love that theme song. I love watching the actual sports. I love… Continue reading Some things I’m looking forward to
I just realized that my recent posts have been very "topic" focused (and fairly few and far between, too). Lots of goals, Ireland, and the most recent "what's been working this year so far" post. I just dropped Charlie off at a (twice rescheduled by the groomer...) grooming appointment, so I stopped for a tea… Continue reading Lately- January 2026
GRATEFUL KAE 