Fog on the water
It so disorienting to remember that we all have tomorrow off. Am I drinking tonight? Like I do on a weekend night? I’m still not sure… I made it to martial arts...
Month: November 2021
Tuesday Trifles
I find that I have longer, more substantive posts I want to write, but I just don’t have the time to write them. It’s busy this week because the tri...
Ridiculous Disconnects
For some reason, I spent all of last month thinking that it would be darker in the morning after the time changed. I knew it would get darker earlier in the aft...
Land’s End
We went for a walk at Land’s End today. The weather was beautiful and it was nice to be outside. The views were icing on the cake. I don’t know why but I’m exha...
When what we love causes the stress
Today my son is testing for the third stripe on his blue belt. We have been working really hard at home to learn the form, and we have been going to extra class...
Friday Follow up
I’m having a follow up day at school – a day to get some stuff done so it doesn’t languish in their binders and hanging files. We’re fin...
Remaining objective when you’ve ingested the patriarchy’s Kool Aid
A couple weeks ago, my husband admitted that he was really struggling, and asked for support. He said he really unhappy, and that while there were many things c...
NaPoBloMo? (And Covid vaccines for kids)
I have been flirting with the idea of participating in NaPoBloMo. I was going to wait a week to actually say that out loud (you know what I mean), but already I...
Sunrise
I am convinced that 280 between San Francisco and San Jose is the most beautiful commute in a major metropolitan area in the United States. Tell me I’m wr...
Getting stuff done – the deep cut edition
This weekend I checked some big items off my to-do list. I successfully fixed two things on the house that we were going to have our handyman tackle: I secured ...