Last night we managed to fit in a family fun night!! Lately, I've been lamenting some that life just feels "different". Ethan has a job now, so there are times that he would normally be free, but now instead has to work. If he's not working, he has soccer. Or something. Asher has had some… Continue reading Fitting in family fun…. with busy teens
Gahhhh I didn't have a great day yesterday. Won't get into many details here, but it was work related. The short version is that I got something essentially dumped into my lap and then put on the spot to lead a presentation to a group of managers, with no real advance warning. Until I was… Continue reading Ups/ downs/ don’t perseverate
Good news- the swim meet is all over. Everything went fine. There were the usual hiccups here and there, but nothing terrible. The biggest issue was that the head coach had set a ticket limit of 250 tickets per session (a.m and p.m.) because our pool just doesn't have that much space for spectating. He… Continue reading Meet is over + a day I’ve been looking forward to
First, I'm sure you're dying to know the outcome of my very scientific poll. Here are the results so far, from my overwhelmingly large sample size. 🤣 I find it pretty interesting that "podcasts or audiobooks" was the clear winner, and surprisingly to me- "listen to nothing" was the runner up! Not sure what it… Continue reading (Very) random Friday list
Just dropped Asher off at swim practice a little bit ago. It started at 5:30 a.m. For me, this isn't exactly a "huge" deal- my alarm normally goes off at 5:15 these days and I try to be up by 5:30 at the latest, anyway. But a couple things. 1) In order to have him… Continue reading A little whine about early mornings
This was a nice, variety-filled weekend. Got some things accomplished and had some fun, so, win-win. Saturday- Me + Asher- to early swim practice (7 am) at the farther-away pool, so we left home by 6:30. Forgot my phone at home (grrrr......), so my laptop I brought along to do things on while I waited… Continue reading A late September weekend
I've been wanting to write a post on this topic, mostly just because I find it an interesting conversation for discussion. I think it's been a hot topic nationwide in recent years. This year, our local public school district decided to make a big shift in the start times, causing the elementary kids to start… Continue reading Kids + school start times
We are 2 days + 2 full weeks into the school year now, already. So far, mostly so good, I'd say. School itself: A Sounds like things are going well. The boys seem positive and happy. I think they like their classes and teachers. Friend dynamics seem fine, too, from the little I've actually heard… Continue reading School report: 2 full weeks in
Hello! I never got around to hopping on the blog during the last few days, so here's an update on some recent events in my life: Thursday: Ethan got BRACES! Woo!! Such mixed feelings, because of course it's kind of an adolescent rite of passage. It means he's growing up! It also means his smile… Continue reading The last 4 days
Coming at you from a pretty gloriously lazy day. Ivan took Asher off to his first soccer tournament since he had declared himself "retired" from soccer back in late 2019. I guess he is like Tom Brady and just can't quite give it up, because he's back..... Games are at 9:00 and 1:45, about 1… Continue reading Some firsts (school + work) and our 15th
GRATEFUL KAE 