A big start to summer break

This Saturday was pretty eventful. I marched in the No King protest in SF with my daughter, and some other friends. I made two double-sided signs before hand, and held at least one of them above my head for 2+ hours. Tens of thousands of people marched in San Francisco, and it felt REALLY GOOD to be a part of it. I’m so glad that we went, and am really grateful that I got to share it with my daughter.

After the march, I stayed at the Main Library to see the author of the book I chose for this month’s book club speak. Ryka Aoki is amazing and her book Light from Uncommon Stars is really special. I couldn’t believe I got to see her after the protest. Sometimes I really love living in San Francisco.

Sunday we didn’t do much. I took the 11yo to swimming (he’s already being passed into to the pre-swim team level!), and back at home I worked out. I made dinner, then we all watched the sixth Mission Impossible movie (Fallout). It was a very nice, very low key Sunday, which I especially appreciated after Saturday.

Today was the first official day of my summer break. Last night I turned off all my alarms (I love that part) and this morning I slept until 8am. It was lovely. The 11yo didn’t have camp so the only thing pulling me out of bed was the cats. I fed them, then made breakfast for the kids (even the 15yo was up by 8:30). Then I started working on my room downstairs. I stripped the bed and laundered everything so I could put the summer comforter on our bed. Then I started gathering all the other winter clothes to put them away and pull the summer stuff out. It may seem late to do that, but it’s been chilly this year, so I haven’t felt like I had to. The other morning our heat kicked on! It’s set to 62! It has not been very warm lately.

As I was packing up the clothes, I realized I needed to take some of them to the shed. I was feeling annoyed because the shed is a mess. It’s been a disaster area since we constructed it years ago. You can’t get to anything without walking over, actually on, other stuff. It makes retrieving and storing stuff in it a giant PITA. The thought of going in there totally bummed me out.

But first I had to get the kids ready. The ILs were grabbing them both, taking the 15yo to her jewelry making camp and taking the 11yo to their house for a spend the night. After they left, I met my husband downtown for lunch. Then I visited IKEA to get a bunch of those giant $0.89 blue bags to help me with the clothing and toy purge I have planned.

Back at home I opened the shed, and started pulling stuff out. It wasn’t my plan to make the shed usable, but it’s what happened and I’m so pleased. I wish I had taken a before shot of that horrible, stress inducing space, but I did take a picture of the backyard while I was working on it, and I got an after shot. Also a shot of all the stuff I put outside for people to take (some of it is from the 11yo’s room, we went through some of the boxes in his room and packed up a bunch to give away).

When the 15yo got back from camp we decided to watch New Moon (she’s been reading the Twilight Saga). I wanted to do it downstairs while I went though more of my clothes, but I was feeling a little done after the shed, so we decided to watch it on the big TV. I did a quick workout (my official 50th bike boot camp – I’ve definitely done more since I used to record them via Zoom, and redo them, but I’ll take a new milestone) because cleaning out the shed made me feel gross and I wasn’t about to get into a bed with fully cleaned bedding without showering.

I’ve been writing this post as we watched the movie (I told her I couldn’t just sit through that one), and now it’s over and I guess I should wrap this up. I was hoping to ride the productivity wave of the past weeks into the start of summer, but I never imagined I’d quite so much done on my first official day. Now I feel confident that I’ll get through the rest of my clothes tomorrow, and will drop them off soon!