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Podcast: Best of Both Worlds

Podcast: Best Laid Plans

Travel

Orlando 2025: Summary Post!

First: Photodump! (Not a lot of pix from Volcano Bay because we locked up our phones while we were on the rides!) Dinner that night was at Strong Water Tavern (at the Sapphire Falls resort) – if you go to the Universal Studios area…

April 20, 2025

Road Trip: Success

We made it! We left mid-day — C had his science fair (comparison between simulated and real-life physics using TinkerCad and 3D printed ramps, pretty cool!), and we didn’t want him to miss that. They did miss 3 hours of school, but that’s it…

April 18, 2025
life Travel

Quick Updates!

I have about 30 minutes before I interview a reality star for BOBW (!), so just popping in with some miscellaneous notes. I appreciate the suggestions/ thoughts and practical ideas from yesterday. Yesterday evening wasn’t much better, but I ended up being so tired…

April 17, 2025
life

AM vs PM: Current Daily Roller Coaster

(As I hit ‘post’ on this I feel like it sort of belongs on an early 2000s typepad entry. I get a little personal here. And I am not looking for anyone to ‘solve’ my current struggles, don’t worry. But I feel okay sharing,…

April 16, 2025
Fitness life

5 on a Saturday: Personal Tidbit Edition

1- Morning yoga is growing on me. I’ve been using Peloton, mostly because I already have it. I’ve been doing 20 – 30 minute classes (instructors tried so far: Aditi, Dennis, Anna, Kirra) and have been impressed with the quality of the cueing and…

April 12, 2025
life Travel

Exhaling + Upcoming

Feeling more calm today. I think I’m starting to recognize that until my Hopkins visit (1 month away!), I’m not going to know much more than I do right now, and I just need to make peace with that. At the same time, I…

April 10, 2025
life

Just Sharing Some Feelings

(If someone else experiencing struggles with low moods is not for you right now, please skip this post!) Trying to fight anhedonia Anhedonia = inability to feel pleasure, and right now I feel like I’m struggling with this a little bit. The good news…

April 9, 2025
life

Schedules and Travel and Book Sighting

Reading / TV collision moment: I cracked up while watching White Lotus when I recognized the book Saxon was holding — it was When Things Fall Apart (the same book I am reading right now). SERIOUSLY what are the odds? (It was given to…

April 8, 2025