Arrived at the beach last night and for the first time, I stayed at the hotel after our early arrival dinner! This arrangement is about 348734 times more relaxing than my usual practice of driving back and forth, and I will be doing it…

Previous Months: Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep Apparently this is now a 2026 ritual, and I like it!! BIG THINGS IN OCTOBER: I took a lot of call (8 days/31, plus Nov 1!). I worked REALLY hard to get things squared away for fall course…

** Added because — having voted early — I actually forgot today was Election Day! But if Election Day applies to you (I know not all readers are US based!), I hope you can take the time to vote today if you haven’t already!…

Today’s episode is a special treat – inspired by my (in person) Q4 Planning Party with Kae! This time I invited Azizi and Malika from the Happier Ladies podcasts to join in for Q5! I guided them with questions leading up to the creation…

Halloween: Better than expected! Okay fine, I even managed to have some fun. A ended up staying home (she has a cold), C went to his friend’s house (Josh dropped off + picked up), and I handed out candy and walked around with G…

Policewoman + Convict . . . holding hands. Our Halloween has already shifted a bit as A is sick. C is going to a friend’s house and I am taking G around though I feel like I could also be getting whatever A has…

1- Interesting Podcast #1: How bots are overtaking humans on the internet. Super interesting! (Also, is anyone else bad at those visual Captchas? And anyone else feeling like the current AI tools could probably solve them pretty easily? Hmmm.) (This is one of the…

Q4 = Back to School We are very close to the end of this Quintile, so I figured I’d do a goals wrap-up! Here was my original Q4 goals post, and this was my list: Here we go with some accountability / follow up!…

Mic drop moment: We were on the way to school today (Tuesday + Wednesday are my morning school driving days) and I was in a super happy mood. Halloween music was playing and I wasn’t even finding the Ghostbusters soundtrack to be particularly annoying…

After a weird midyear lull, I am on a reading tear! Thus far in October, I have finished 4 novels (Fellowship Point, The Shampoo Effect, I Who Have Never Known Men, and Strange Houses). I also read 2 nonfiction books and am more than…