Ooh, I love all of the book recs! Thank you. Adding several (including The Most Fun I Ever Had — wow, a 3x rec!) to the list. The Broward County library system is fantastic in that typically the hold lines move fast — but…

DONE THIS AM: ✔︎ sorted ~1 week of mail ✔︎ went through / responded to / triaged work & regular email.  Not at Inbox 0, but at 9 (work) and 5 (gmail) as of this moment. ✔︎ generally completed any less-than-5-minute task in the…

My desk is a mess, my email is a mess, and whatever the opposite of organized is — that’s how I feel about next week. But no regrets – it was a nice weekend. Last night Josh and I went out (lovely impromptu dinner…

Thank you all for your support and understanding (and in some cases commiseration!). TMI/hormone discussion below – in case you want to avoid or just don’t care. Interestingly, I never had PMS/PMDD until my late 30s. I had irregular cycles as a teen (and…

I hate everyone and everything. = my internal theme for yesterday. Things that made me irrationally angry and/or sad over the past 24 hours: C’s homework. Just its very existence and the fact that it is not designed to be something he can do…

I tend to lean towards information/personal development in my podcasts, with a smattering of fun/artistic content (music). Here are the most listened-to ‘casts in my queue right now: (PS: Do you think they will always be called “podcasts”? I’m assuming the root is from…

I often have people ask where my lists come from. I keep several levels of lists in my Hobonichi: 1- Daily lists (morning rituals at the top of the pages, to-do items that I’ve identified down the right of the page). The items on…

First of all, G I A N T disclaimer: My kids are imperfect. (Sometimes VERY imperfect.) We have plenty of our own behavior struggles and I think I have kids bordering on the feistier/more active side, so I certainly cannot stand up as a…

Today is a day I probably would not post under usual circumstances. Josh and I were up on the later side and then G woke up at 2:30 AM for about an hour. It was . . . not ideal. (Honestly, it was sort…

I don’t like to get up super early (as in 5 am, before the kids) on weekends — I’ll do it out of absolute necessity sometimes, like if Josh is on call and I know I will have no other opportunity to fit in…