All the ways COVID can mess up a vacation
I’ve been less stressed out about COVID messing up our summer since we got it in mid-May (though BA.4 and BA.5’s dominance has chipped away at my confidence rec...
Month: June 2022
Ready for the summer travel to start…
The kids and I leave this morning. My husband leaves later this week. Our neighbor will be taking care of the house and pets while we’re away. I have to s...
SF Pride 2022
This year was our daughter’s first Pride, and it was very important to this 12 year old who very much self-identifies as queer. My husband and I were very grate...
Grief makes way for rage
I think I was numb all day. I kept reading article after article trying to make sense of it. Trying to remind myself that it was real. Late tonight I looked awa...
How we survived the Antocalypse Antmageddon Antvasion
Yesterday it was 95* in San Francisco (a place where literally NOBODY has air conditioning) and I guess that was hot enough to trigger an ant mating swarm at ou...
Ping Pong Thoughts on a Monday Off
We get today off (Juneteenth observed) so the kids don’t have camp and my husband doesn’t have work. My parents took the kids last night and my husb...
I thought this would be more fun
I took my car to get serviced at the dealership near the giant Target and the mall today. I was actually kind of excited to have a couple-hour stretch to kill a...
I don’t know how to chill out
Written on Tuesday afternoon, and evening. I got some bummer news from work yesterday and I was very sulky about it. I cried a lot and then walked around poutin...
Officially on summer break
Thursday I said goodbye to my 21-22 students for the last time. Friday I finished clearing out my room for the summer deep clean. I am now officially done with ...
Actually, my back pain is from… COVID
I don’t know why it took me so long to figure that out. I guess the idea that a virus would give me back pain just never entered my mind. But my first 48 hours ...