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We’re at the KOA. It feels strangely like we never left. Being here last year was our attempt at normalcy. Our kids had been in school for 10 days the whole sch...

We’re coming up on the end of our first trip of the summer. We have three more nights and 2.5 more days in St. Louis. The farm was incredible and I want to writ...

My husband arrived Thursday night and he’s leaving Tuesday, so yesterday was his only full day in the St. Louis area. He’s been to St. Louis many times and done...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 ...