We did not go to Butterly World yesterday (it turned out A’s friend’s mother was asking about today). We DID spent 2 hours at the playground, which was great. And today it has been…
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Currently, Josh and I have call schedules that are approximately 1:3 and 1:9 respectively (I know – I’m lucky). This means, out of a 52-week year: 17 weekends are J-call weekends 6 weekends are…
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Yesterday was an essentially perfect day, pandemic or not. I feel I must capture the events so that if I ever catch myself whining about how hard life is, I can remember that some…
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First of all — another giant thank you to the many who responded to Lily (and Lily, who responded back so thoroughly and kindly!) on Thursday’s post! You all are amazing and make writing…
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Yesterday: . . . was decent. Better than my last Saturday solo anyway. I got in my usual morning routine (workout, etc). G napped (HALLELUJAH) and there was pizza. I took a (30 minute)…
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Another (mostly) solo parenting weekend. You might recall that the last time I faced ~40 hours of the kids on my own I was not feeling it. But I am going to try to…
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Scenes from yesterday . . . (theme: photos of the kids absorbed in some activity) Cloudy skies, drizzle, and more ducklings. A whole lot of toddler time with this butterfly child who discovered her…
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Apparently I accidentally accumulated some kind of sleep debt over the past couple of weeks. Or maybe aggressive habit change is taxing. Or maybe LIIFT4 + 2 days running is a fatigue-inducing combination. Or…
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Josh is off this weekend (yay)! I am up early in part because the new iOS update messed up my phone and now I cannot set different Bedtime alarms. (To change the alarm time,…
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Days alone with my 3 children during pandemic times . . . well, I’m sort of over them. Saying this feels like admitting my failure as a mother, as a woman, maybe even as…