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  • opting out

    Over the past few weeks, I have made the executive decision: – NOT to go w/ Josh on his work conference in Amelia Island last weekend (was supposed to bring the kids in a whirlwind trip…

    May 8, 2017
  • Summary: first tri sucks

    Thank you all for your lovely notes on Monday’s announcement post.  I am excited and very hopeful, because I feel like the timing worked out really nicely.  I also really REALLY don’t want to…

    May 3, 2017
  • musings from the deep: revisited

    Nearly one year ago, I wrote a post about three.  We thought about, rehashed, ruminated over, and then sat on the idea for as long as I could stand.  And then it started to drive…

    May 1, 2017
  • to Annabel at 5

    Dear Annabel,  First of all . . . I can’t believe how fast we have gotten here.  I remember your birthday (you know, the very first one!) so vividly that it seems recent.  You…

    April 10, 2017
  • 80%, and updates

    Hi! My brand new schedule begins today.  I am now working 80% time, with one official weekday off every week.  I am really, really excited.  I used to schedule a random day off months in…

    April 3, 2017
  • unplugged report!

    Unplugged Weekend Reflections:Notes from the underground after spending the weekend (Friday PM to Monday AM) disconnected from the internet1.  The reflex to check my email when I open up my phone is strong.  But…

    March 27, 2017
  • weekend unplugged!!

    I’m going to do it this weekend – Friday evening to Monday morning with: – no email – no social media – no scrolling the internet  Acceptable uses of my phone/computer will include: – maps –…

    March 23, 2017
  • writer’s block

    I haven’t jumped on to post lately, but not for any real reason.  Perhaps I’ve been inspired by my own social media break to do more inward thinking and less outward broadcasting.  I have…

    March 21, 2017
  • weekend things

    I am definitely happy with the way this past weekend went.  I was not perfectly distraction-free — there were several occasions where I had my phone out and was texting, and quite possibly driving…

    March 13, 2017
  • caught up

    WOAH. Somehow I seem to have gotten caught up at work.  It’s a bizarre feeling, really.  I have no pending calls that I know about, no results to communicate, nothing in my In Box. …

    March 10, 2017