We got Ethan's senior pictures back!! I of course am too antsy to share them to wait for the official downloads, so these are just some of the proofs. But I think they turned out so well! He's so handsome!! (in my humble opinion). Sorry for the overload, but it's way too hard to narrow… Continue reading Senior pic preview! And other misc. (volunteering at kid stuff + a fall recipe)
Time + expansion I've been pondering the concept of time perception this week. Specifically, Parkinson's law, "Work expands to fill available space". As in, the more time you have to complete something, the longer you will spend on it. I find this to be such a fascinating concept. I also really believe that it's true,… Continue reading Time perception/expansion and easing into fall vibes
I'm feeling a sense of relief today. The last ~month or so has been so busy at work. On top of other things, in the last week I had 2 big quarterly meetings that I am basically solely responsible for preparing and presenting at (the 2nd one was yesterday at 3 pm). There are like,… Continue reading This and that
Ugh, did not mean to take a weeklong blog break!! But over the long Labor Day weekend I just wasn't really in the mood and felt like people probably weren't reading blogs anyway. And then the rest of the week flew by and it just did not seem to fit in. I am sorry, blog… Continue reading Catching up + a FIASCO + MESSI!
We ended up having something every night this week. Monday- swim board meeting Tuesday- went to see The Odyssey basically right after work Wednesday- our 19th anniversary! We had early dinner reservations at 5:30 and I had a meeting until 5.... Thursday- Ethan's soccer game in Verona at 7 pm (35 min away), picked up… Continue reading A quick Friday post
Protein + Fiber After an extremely loose summer + lots of travel, I finally jumped back on the "high protein and fiber" train last week. I never was totally off the train, but was kinda hanging off the back of the caboose... "Protein and fiber" are definitely having their moment in society right now, and… Continue reading Back on the protein/fiber train + quitting soda update #6
Meal planning has long not been a strength of mine. I recently mentioned, when I was on SHU's podcast Best Laid Plans (just realized I NEVER SHARED ABOUT THIS! Whoops! Sarah and I recorded a mid-year goals check-in episode when I visited her in July; link here), that I wanted to streamline our meal planning.… Continue reading Project Routine Optimization #3: Meal Planning!
When I posted last time, it was Wednesday and I still felt rather frazzled. I'm happy to report that things finally feel like they're settling down. We had a busy but overall nice week. Like I mentioned, we attended a Senior Parent Meeting on Wednesday at Ethan's school. Of course, LOTS of "college application" talk… Continue reading Settling down
I just sat here and pondered what I wanted to title this post I'm about to write. At first I thought "exhale", as in, I'm finally able to exhale. But I don't quite yet feel that I'm exhaling. "Brain dump" isn't right either. "Catch up" or "Lately" feels a little too benign or relaxed for… Continue reading Whew
Today's habit/ routine that I'm optimizing is: charging my Apple watch. I have had weirdly problematic issues with keeping my devices charged lately (specifically my watch). To the point that I basically gave up and stopped wearing my Apple watch for several months. (Long enough that I forgot my little 4 digit passcode and had… Continue reading Project ‘Routine Optimization’ #2: charging my watch + steps
