Mid-Summer Emotional Meandering
My summer break is eight weeks long. I’ve been thinking of it in 2-week chunks. The first two weeks were camping and the KOA. The second two weeks were ou...
Category: Identity
A day in the life: Photo (almost) every hour edition
Engie had a photo by hour post up today (ahem, Thursday) and I thought, what a fun idea! I’ve done “Day in the Life” posts a few time but never with a photo eve...
My favorite three days of the year
We’re back from the farm. It was so fun. Being there, with all my family, is the best. It’s truly my favorite three days of the year. We all just get along so w...
Retooling expectations
Yesterday was a success. The kids did great on the bike ride. They were shaky to start but they found their footing and went for it. They made it all the way to...
Struggle Care Sees Me
How is it only Tuesday?! Waaaah! I found a new podcast called Struggle Care. It’s about changing the way you think about care tasks. She talks about the functio...
I’m so glad I didn’t quit
I’ve been thinking a lot about how I considered quitting martial arts, and how glad I am that I didn’t. I was thinking of quitting because it was getting hard, ...
The Valley of Meh
It looks like I’m in for a long walk through the valley of meh. I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise – what with this Christmas hangover being...
I think my tolerance for stress and exhaustion is down
I have been trying to figure out why I was so stressed about yesterday’s belt test. I’ve certainly been stressed about belt tests before, and this w...
Savoring December
My belt test is a week from tomorrow which means it’s going to be a busy seven days. At this point I’m nervous, but not totally stressed out. I̵...
Chasing the ever-elusive perception of “fair”
As you know, I was gone last weekend, for a full 48 hours, which means I’ve been in my husband’s “debt” all week. It’s been a hard...