Shit got busy!

I didn’t mean to be gone for a week! Shit got busy!

Remember how I was so happy to have nothing to do last weekend? Well, I invited my friends and their daughters over for a barbecue on Saturday afternoon. Two moms and two girls came (and a five year old!) It was fun. I spent longer at the dojo than anticipated in the morning, and had to take an unexpected phone call in the afternoon (more on that later), so I felt a little rushed to be ready, but it all went off without a hitch. We (and by we I mean my husband) grilled hamburgers and we had a couple sides. It was very simple. I set up the old pandemic play date stuff on the patio for the five year old and we all had a great time. Everyone was gone by 9:30pm, which is about what I can handle these days.

Sunday I went for a run. The air felt cool and I was so thankful for that. I really enjoyed that time outside, after the scorching temperatures the week before. We all watched Thor Love and Thunder in the afternoon, since my husband hadn’t seen it yet.

Monday night my husband and I went to a comedy show. We never go out on weekday nights, and we almost cancelled, but we decided last minute to make it happen. My parents came up to watch the kids, which they haven’t done at our house in a loooong time. The show was fun and we ate a tasty meal before hand, but I definitely can’t handle week nights out like that on the regular.

Tuesday was kind of a shit show work wise. I realized I had skipped an activity at the beginning of the year, and then realized I did that because we started a week later than last year. Day of the Dead always happens on November 2, no matter when we start, which means I need to get two units done before then which means something had to give. So I spent two hours pouring over my long term planning basically until January, trying to figure out where to fit this activity (which I love), and realized our first trimester was only 11.5 weeks long. Not a fan! Who decides this stuff?! So I sent a distressed email to the admins, who never responded back. It wasn’t until I finally worked out at 7:30pm that I could get myself out of the stress spiral I had fallen into. I’m so glad that this year I invested in a simple, $20 planning book so that next year I’ll have a detailed record of how I paced things this year. All I have from last year are some binder pages I folded into squares and wrote vague notes on. It’s a mess. The year of distance learning really messed me up planning wise.

Wednesday I had a work meeting at the other middle school. I also passed along some resources to a mom who wants to her daughter to keep learning Spanish even though the other middle school had to shut their program down when they couldn’t find anyone to hire to teach Spanish. As we walked out of the meeting the staff from my school all saw an email in our work inboxes about how we have to wear masks at work again for two weeks because three of us got Covid at the same time, and that counts as an outbreak. Again, they sent this email right AFTER a two hour meeting we had with all the staff from the other site. AGAIN WHO DOES THIS SHIT!? I don’t really understand the mask mandate – why is it only staff and not students (who have been out with Covid in DROVES this year)? I think it’s an OSHA requirement that just doesn’t translate well to a schools setting where teachers are around students more than other staff.

Wednesday evening I went to my daughter’s school’s Back to School Night. It was the first time I’ve been inside on her campus and it was AMAZING. She has so many incredible teachers – the staff is so diverse and experienced – and so many interesting classes. I left feeling really good about her school, which I really appreciate because navigating the public school system in San Francisco has NOT been easy.

Thursday I had my allergy shot and then hit up Costco, since the allergy department is right by the one that sells the coffee we like. I thought I’d be in and out but they had the toys out (for Christmas!) and I saw a couple things that I could get my son for his birthday and get his friends for goodie bags at his party. Due of the longer Costco trip, I got my son on the later side from after care and the evening felt rushed because of it. I didn’t start working out until 7:45pm, but like on Tuesday, I was so glad that I finally did.

Today was fine. I ran an errand on the way home, then took my son to the dojo. I dropped the car off for my husband to pick up my son, and then ran some more errands on my bus ride home. And now I’m writing this post.

Tomorrow we may see a concert at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater at the park near our house. Sunday we have no plans and I will NOT be inviting anyone over for an impromptu barbecue.

What have you been up to?