1- Several of you forwarded me Emily Oster‘s newsletter — this week’s topic was toddler/preschooler sleep! How timely!! Her main points were that the evidence shows having a routine helps, as does avoiding screens…
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1- During afternoon down time (after submitting my big work project, yay!) I took a deep dive down the rabbit hole of a listener-recommended YouTube Channel: ColorCodedChaos. Her systems are somewhat similar to mine,…
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From the plane ($15 wifi . . . seems to be functioning). Self-a-delphia trip w/ Genevieve is underway! 1- G got a COVID vaccine! Moderna @ Walgreens. She did have a brief fever right…
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1- Follow Up: Email Experiment Well, the beauty of a 1-day experiment is that you get very rapid results! My n=1 trial was definitely a success. I got a lot done and felt a…
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1- Weather anxiety Agh. Summer in FL is never pleasant; people always assume this means “hot”, like Arizona or something. Yes, it’s a bit hot that is not the issue. Rather, it’s the near-constant…
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1- The school is holding some big parents’ meeting today and I’m going to miss it due to a required work meeting. Though it just occurred to me that Josh might be able to…
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1- Reading rut attack: Yes, I think going for total candy books right now may be the solution! Just put the one below on my library holds list: I think I also need some…
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1- Our house actually looks close to move-in ready! The floor is not 100% done which is unfortunate (including a space in the kitchen) but still holding out hope it will be finished before…
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Well! The last few days have been interesting. I managed to catch a non-COVID kid-cold that was not severe but just enough to take away all my energy and will to do anything other…
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1- Match Day! It is today. I received the (secret) list of soon-to-be residents that will be finding out they matched with us today — and it was a great list! Hopefully they will…