Not a Wasted Word

Our names or faces

I blog anonymously. I’m sure I’ve dropped enough hints for people who read me to figure out more specific details than I’ve intended to share. And that’s okay! Mostly I’m trying to avoid my students finding my blog. I am a fairly private person and I don’t have any social media accounts. I don’t want my students to know random things about my life that I haven’t chosen to share with them, so I try hard to hard to keep this blog out of a google search of my name or image. Only a couple IRL friends have found my blog (one was searching a specific situation we were dealing with at your kids’ elementary school and my blog came up because I was writing about it), and honestly I want to keep it that way.

Meal plans or recipes

I don’t cook. It doesn’t really interest me and I’m not good at it. My husband is the cook in our house. I do “prepare” meals for myself, my kids, and sometimes my whole family, but I do not think much about dinner and I do not meal plan. I don’t say this proudly, but I’m also done feeling bad about not participating in an aspect of mothering that is so morally coded. I do kind of love that my kids know someone else can be in charge of cooking, and even cleaning up the kitchen after cooking (my husband also generally does the clean up). It’s not our only switching of traditional gender roles. I am the driver in our family. And the fixer of things; I own, and wield, the power tools. We do fall into plenty of traditional gender roles (I do the laundry, and most of the cleaning and my husband mostly manages our finances). But in the kitchen we definitely swap roles, so I don’t write at all about meal planning.

What I’m reading and listening to

I don’t really write anything about what I’m reading or listening to, and honestly I wish I could change that. I really appreciate when other people mention what they are reading and/or listening to, and I’ve queued up many a podcast episode and checked out many a book based on other bloggers’ recommendations. I don’t know why I can’t get it together enough to at least mention what books and podcast eps I’ve been enjoying. It feels like the least I can do, so why don’t I just do it!

Finances, budgeting, planning, organizing

I am so bad with budgets. Truly, it’s my kryptonite. And there have been times in my life where the only thing that saved me was some credit card offer for 18 months of 0% APR on roll over balances. Now that we make a little more (but not much! because we’re both civil servants!), and that my spending is less… volatile… I don’t have to think too much about my spending (what a privileged life I lead! Truly!), and thus I don’t write about it. I’m also pretty bad at planning (at home at least), and keeping my house tidy and organized. I have MarieKondo’ed the house a couple times and I followed minimalism blogs for a (long) while, but if I do write about these things it’s usually to talk about how much I’m struggling with them. If I could articulate my experiences better in some of these realms, I might actually be able to add value to people’s lives, but alas I have not managed to do that. Which brings me to the fifth thing you will not find on this blog…

Anything helpful really

I’m not trying to talk shit, I swear. I’m just being honest about the fact that I do not write about ways you can make your life better, or even ways I’ve managed to make my life better! Usually I just show up and rant a little about my day to day. When I was writing on my first blog, about infertility and pregnancy loss, and then about parenting small children, I feel like I did post meaningful commentaries on my lived experience. Now that my kids are older and life doesn’t feel so hard, I struggle to show up with thoughtful things to say. My motivation wanes, my free time contracts, and I post a recap of the weekend. I’m not saying that is nothing – I enjoy plenty of blogs that recap weekends – but if helpful advice is what you’re looking for, this is probably not the spot to wait for it.

You will find some nice pictures from time to time, and a little bit of snark when I can muster it. So there’s that!

Me, myself and I

I’m 45. My parents are from St. Louis, but moved to Taiwan before I was born in Singapore. I grew up in Hong Kong until 7th grade, when my family moved to the Bay Area. I went to UC Berkeley, and have lived in San Francisco for 22 years, thought I’ve worked that same amount of time in the town where I grew up, 30 minutes south of the city. I like to read, exercise, and practice martial arts (I’m a red belt). I’m not on social media, but I’ve been blogging for 17 years.

The husband

My husband and I have been married for 12 years, domestic partners for 17 years and together for 19 years (all this coming January). He has been working for the city for 12 years; before that he worked for a non-profit that wrote and supported gun regulation policy at the state and national level. He is my best friend, and he makes me crazy. I write a lot about disputes we have around our division of labor, which was an even bigger point of contention before the pandemic.

The kids

I have a daughter – “the 15yo” – and a son – “the 12yo”. The 15yo is a Sophomore at a public high school in San Francisco. She likes to swim, draw and paint, and scroll on her phone. We watch TV shows together, and listen to the same podcasts (Maintenance Phase and If Books Could Kill). We have a really close relationship and I feel endlessly grateful to have her in my life.

The 12yo is a 6th grader at a public Spanish Immersion middle school in San Francisco. He has been practicing martial arts at the same dojo as me (he started first, actually) since he was 4 years old. He is a “Teen” red belt and we love sparring and ground grappling each other on Saturdays. He started playing baseball this fall, and we hope he will start swimming on a team this winter. He loves to play video games with his friends and with his dad, and also loves playing board games and collecting trading cards.

Work

I’m a middle school Spanish teacher at a public school about 30 minutes south of San Francisco. I kind of fell into teaching both Spanish and middle school at the age of 24, and 22 years later I believe it was the happiest accident of my life. I work really hard, and have created a Spanish program that is pretty popular and very well-regarded. I’m really proud of what I’ve accomplished at my school. I also spend a LOT of time thinking about work, so I end up writing a lot about work. Go figure.

This, That, and the Other

I have ADHD and struggle with executive functioning, especially staying organized. I’m already post-menopausal and just started taking MHT (Menopausal Hormone Treatment). I was diagnosed with Grave’s Disease last spring and have been taking medication to manage hyperthyrodism for several months. I hurt my knee pretty badly two years ago, but it’s finally back to normal. I recently started wearing toe spacers to prevent what I finally realized were bunions from continuing to bunion.

We live in San Francisco proper and take advantage of living in the city quite a bit. We go to museums and concerts and events. I post pictures from parks and other nice vistas. In the summer we travel a bit, and I’ll post pictures from our trips.

I mostly write about daily life. I wish I tackled deeper topics more frequently, but the reality is that I mostly just post about what I’ve been doing, the daily challenges of working full time, managing a household and raising two kids in a somewhat family-unfriendly city (that I still love).

If you’re new, thanks for stopping by. If you’ve been here a while, thanks for reading!

Oh yeah, and cats. I honestly don’t post about them enough! They take up an outsized amount of our attention, and yet I don’t talk about them much here. But every once in a while I do post pictures of them, because they are so cute.

I used to be a die-hard DST supporter. I thought we should extend DST all year (we spend eight months in DST, why not add the other four!?) I also LOATHED falling back when I had young kids, which sucked because falling back should be so much better than springing forward!

My thinking on this has done a complete 180. Now I wish we spent all year in standard time. I sleep much better when it gets darker earlier. It’s also easier to get up when it’s not dark outside, although I don’t really mind driving to work in the dark. (Evidently, science confirms that standard time syncs up with our circadian rhythms a lot better than DST does.)

Now that I have older kids, I LOVE falling back in November again. All day I look at my watch delighted that it’s actually an hour earlier than I expect it to be.

I try to milk the “your body thinks it’s later than it is” for all it’s worth in the weeks after the time change. I work really hard to get my ass into bed by 10pm and to fall asleep by 11pm at the latest.

I HATE springing forward in March. It’s just the worst. So I really try hard to revel in the weeks after falling back, because I know how much it will suck to spring forward in four short months.

Do you prefer Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time? Do you wish we stayed in one, or do you think the lighter evenings of the summer are worth the horror that is springing forward in March?

October thoroughly kicked my ass. The only thing standing between me and the holidays is the month of November. I want to make sure I don’t feel quite so run over at the end of November. Here are some of my goals for this month.

Calendar

I usually do the calendar the week of Thanksgiving, and that is the plan this year. But last year I was good about curating the photos I hoped to use throughout the year. This year I did NOT do that. We also went on way fewer trips this year, so there aren’t obvious weeks or weekends to go back to to find photos. I want to spend some time on Veterans Day going through the thousands of photos on my phone to find some good ones for the calendar, so that I can get it done the week of Thanksgiving. The calendar gets harder as my kids get older, and I think this year it’s going to be really hard.

Reconnect with the husband

The husband and I have not really reconnected since his mid-October trip. It’s honestly been kind of lonely. I hope we can spend some time together this month. I’m going to ask my parents to take the kids after Thanksgiving so we can spend a night or two together. I hope we can plan one other thing before that too.

Make some family memories

We don’t have any trips planned as a family this school year, and it’s hard not to have anything to look forward to. It’s also hard to look back on the weeks and feel like nothing really happened. Next weekend I don’t have to teach Teens at the dojo, so I’m planning on missing all my Saturday classes so we can do something as a family. My current plan is a hike in the Marin Headlands, since early November usually provides nice weather. I hope to plan one other memorable event in November, maybe the week of Thanksgiving, when the kids and are I off.

Christmas Decorations

When Thanksgiving is as late as it is this year, I like to start putting up the Christmas decorations right before turkey day. The 15yo and I really love Christmas decorations, and it’s nice to have them up so long that we’re not that sad to take them down before New Years. It’s also nice to have all that time to get them up, with the kids home and the husband at work. It’s a great way to fill those lazy days.

Wrap up the first trimester

Our first trimester ends on November 14, and grades are due the Friday before the Thanksgiving Break. All four 7th and 8th grade classes are turning in Reading Responses this week and the 1A classes are taking an assessment. I’m good about keeping my grade books up to date, so I just need to score a bunch of stuff and add comments to close out the first grading period. I can’t believe we’re almost one third done with the school year.

Coming in super late with the first post of NaBloPoMo, which will be a surprise to NO ONE.

I really love Halloween, but this year felt a little meh. I can’t quite figure out why, but I guess not every Halloween can be amazing. Here are some highlights from this year.

Costumes

The 15yo was the Headless Horseman. She wore slacks and a nice shirt and a Wednesday Adams-ish jacket and a pumpkin head thing we got at Daiso. It was cute. The 12yo was Michael Myers. He wore a $60 Michael Myers costume that we bought at Spirit Halloween several weeks ago. I didn’t love that he dressed up as that character, but it wasn’t a battle I wanted to fight. There were Michael Myers costume for ages 5-6, so I’m clearly not the worst parent in the world. Our staff did 6-7 meme costumes, and I had a colleague make me a shirt with a double three and a three four domino. It ended up looking pretty cute. Many staff got shirts that were subject-specific and most of them were very clever. I have to admit, it ended up being more fun that I was expecting.

Halloween evening

Both kids went directly with friends after school and for the first time ever we did not accompany either one on their trick-or-treating adventures. Instead the husband and I went out to dinner. It was really nice! We don’t get any trick-ot-treaters in our neighborhood, so we just went to a nearby restaurant and marveled at how old our kids are getting. Later I stopped by a house party at my friends’ place. It was a pretty chill Halloween.

Spirit Week

Spirit Week was a kind of a dud. Not very many kids participated. I was a little bummed out about it, but the staff showed up and I had a lot of fun dressing up, so I’m letting it go. The 12yo also had spirit week leading up to Halloween and he was adamantly opposed to participating on any day except pajama day. I feel like Spirit Week used to be a big deal, but maybe kids these days aren’t into it? I really don’t know…

Simpsons Halloween Countdown Calendar

Costco sold a Halloween Countdown Calendar and of course I bought it. Every day the 12yo opened a little door and found a Tree House of Horror character. He LOVES The Simpsons and REALLY LOVES the Tree House of Horror episodes, so it was pretty fun.

Trick or Kick

Last week my daughter had to go to swimming on Friday – not her favorite thing – but she came back happy because they played a fun game where swimmers randomly picked sets and activities instead of doing a regular practice. I thought it would be fun to do something like that during my Teen class at the dojo the morning after Halloween. It was kicking day, which worked out because it’s easy to come up with a bunch of quick kicking activities. A few were, rapid fire round kicks, flying side kicks, and fake-up front kids. That was the Kicks part of the game. The Tricks part was really fun to put together. We did things like Basic Form with eyes closed, sparring with one hand behind the back, bear crawl while balancing cones on their backs. I was worried no one would come, but there were ten kids there today. They really liked the game and we all had a lot of fun. They left begging to do it again soon. It was probably my favorite part of Halloween this year.

I’m keeping posts short for NaBloPoMo this year, and honestly there isn’t much else to say about Halloween this year. It was fine. And now it’s over and it’s basically Christmas already, if the stores have anything to say about it.

I know I mentioned here that the 15yo applied for an (unpaid) internship and made it through the application and (Zoom) interview phases. This weekend is the in person “group interview” and she is supposed to have her shift preferences ranked, so the husband and I sat down this week night to talk about it. There are shifts every day of the week – the weeknight shifts are from 6-10pm, the weekend day shifts are 7am-4pm and the weekend night shifts are 6pm-midnight. It’s totally bonkerballs. Since we need to drive her to and from this place, which is on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, our shift preferences are as important as the 15yo.

Initially we thought the weekends should be our first choice, but quickly I realized that I actually hated the idea of either waking up super early on Saturday or Sunday (earlier than for work!) or picking up super late on Friday or Saturday. If I have to pick a kid up at midnight on a weekend, I can’t drink on that evening. And if I have to wake up at, or slightly before, 6am on a weekend, I shouldn’t drink the night before. It’s not like I get wasted every weekend night, but I enjoy a cocktail or two most weekend nights, and the thought of giving one of those nights up, every weekend from December to June, really bummed me out.

Like I was really upset at the prospect of it. It felt like I was offering for someone to take half of my weekends away. It made me really sad.

Is that crazy? Am I relying too much on a couple of cocktails on the weekend nights? Should I take this deep sense of sadness as an indicator of something else?

I honestly don’t know. I’m feeling a lot of feelings about the prospect of drastically altering our weekends, and then I’m just as many feelings about the original feelings, wondering what it says about me that just considering this possibility makes me so very sad.

And that’s all I have on this right now, because this post is already late and it’s Thursday so I have no prep and I have a ton of assessments to score so I have to sign off.

How do you feel about the weekends? Would you be really sad to have to drastically alter your weekends?

It feels like, all of the sudden, the year is hurdling to a close. The end of the trimester is three weeks away. There are four weeks until Thanksgiving Break! How did that happen?

October thoroughly kicked my ass.

But! There have been little pockets of wonderful.

Unicorn Girl last week was wonderful. I listened to all nine episodes in three days. So did my daughter. We walked around all weekend marveling at how bat shit crazy the whole story was. We couldn’t get over it.

I was genuinely sad when it was over.

The $8 extra-long clipper guards I ordered that came today were wonderful. It was a shady little set, the seller name on Amazon was a long string of numbers and letters. I had little-to-no faith that they would fit securely to the clippers, let alone actually cut my son’s hair. But I figured they were only $8 so I might as well try them, since the thought of trying to cut his hair with scissors again was paralyzing me with fear.

They came today and I tried them out and they worked GREAT. His hair looks awesome. And it’s not too short! It’s just the length he wants. I used a 2″ guard on the top and front of his hair, a 1.5″ guard around the middle and a 1.25″ guard along his neck and ears. It took me a minute to figure them out (there is a reason regular guards stop at 1″) but once I did they worked very well. I’m SO THRILLED that there is a quick and easy way for me to cut my son’s hair again, and that they chances of me making a horrific mistake are back to a minimum.

{I offered to take him to a proper barber, but he didn’t want to go. He wasn’t sure what he wanted, so he just wanted me to cut it, like I’ve always done, but he wanted it much longer than it’s ever been. The last time I cut his hair (the first time with scissors instead of clippers) was agonizing and the end result was… less than stellar. I’ve been dreading cutting it again, so I’m really excited about these longer guards that put me squarely back in my comfort zone.}

I also got my new glasses! And they are wonderful! They are taking me a minute to get used to (my first pair of progressives), but I can tell that once I do I will really like them. They are so light and comfortable. And they look good on my face. I have not loved my last TWO pairs of glasses, so I’m really looking forward to having a pair that I actually want to wear.

In non-thing’s-that-delight-me news, I missed another post on the 25th. Oh well! This weekend was very full, and now my house is very clean! The 12yo has been celebrated by everyone who loves him, and has received all the gifts he’ll get until Christmas.

The husband and I have been dealing with some friction since he came back, and I actually started a post about that, but I knew it wouldn’t go up tonight so I wrote this one instead. I have another post that touches on a deeper-level topic sitting half written in my drafts folder. Maybe I’ll get them both up during NaBloPoMo?

A girl can dream.

With these new occupational progressive lenses, anything feels possible!

It’s late Wednesday night and I’m starting tomorrow’s post because Thursday’s always suck and tomorrow is going to be a DOOZY, so I’m trying to get ahead of it.

Unfortunately I have no idea what to write about. Next month is going to be soooo fun!

I’m not sure about my “new” meds. I put new in quotes because I took it for a long time, a long time ago, so it’s not really new to me. I don’t really remember why I switched from it (Strattera) to Ritalin, but a month into taking Strattera again and I think I might have an idea. I definitely feel more… scattered right now. But I’m also getting a lot done. So I don’t know if it’s that I really am more scattered, or if it’s just a feeling. It’s hard to explain. I’m going to keep taking it for a couple more months before I decide if I’ll give it a full year or go back to Ritalin (or another stimulant). The recent week-long 15yo’s prescription refill drama is definitely factoring into my decision-making. I so wish ADHD meds weren’t always so hard to fill. Drives me crazy.

I am going to ask to go down to the .5mg Estrogen patch because my breasts are still really tender. I guess I wasn’t totally crazy in worrying about MHT side-effects! My body is really sensitive to hormones! I’m glad the only major issue is sore breasts. It could be a lot worse.

The husband’s snoring has been SO BAD since he got back. I’m actually looking for ear plugs. Anyone have an ear plug that actually muffles really bad snoring? Seems like an impossible feat.

It’s now late Thursday night and I haven’t added anything to this post. Boo!

Elizabeth casually mentioned Unicorn Girl in her post yesterday, and my ears perked WAY up because I’ve been struggling with my audiobook selection and a well-produced soap opera-y podcast about batshit crazy is just what I need right now. I started it on the way to work this morning and listened to the first four episodes today. It’s EXACTLY what I needed to make today better, and I’m so thankful that I “found” it. Thank you Elizabeth! (Yes, I also thanked her on her own post.)

This post is all over the place and saying nothing so maybe I should just put it out of its misery? I’m working on a Self Reflection assignment I gave my students (I always feel like I should complete new assignments myself) and it’s been pretty interesting so far. I’ll probably share my findings (or maybe the whole project) with you all later.

I guess I’ll end with this thought… Today my 1A classes did a set of stations that has always been super stressful, but this year it went pretty well. I guess I finally made enough tweaks, and they have compounded over the years of learning what DIDN’T work, so that now it finally does work! I appreciate that very much, because the final product of the day is pretty great, and now I know it’s possible without running myself totally ragged.

I’m also creating a new reading and speaking assessment based on a novel my 1B students just finished and I’m excited about that as well. I think I will be impressed with what they can produce, and it always feels good to be impressed by your students, especially when you taught them pretty much everything they know in the subject. 😉

I’m trying to post every other day in October. The goal has been to hit publish at some point during the “odd” days. I published Friday’s post on Saturday and then didn’t put anything up Sunday. Now it’s 10:30pm on Tuesday evening and I’m trying to get work done, but the fact that I’ve fallen off my posting wagon is nagging at me…

I have to admit, the week of solo parenting eventually caught up with me. The 11yo’s birthday party was pretty hard to host by myself, especially the hour in the “party” room where the boys were supposed to be eating pizza and drinking soda, but were instead playing with their food and drink. I would have just left early and taken them to a playground, but one kid was being picked up 15 minutes early from the trampoline park and another was being picked up from there at the original end time, so I couldn’t pack them all in the SUV and just leave. The last half hour of the party was interminable (they were not allowed to go back out and jump).

But I survived, and the 11yo was happy, and I’m so relieved it’s over. This weekend the grandparents are coming over, which means the house needs to be cleaned up. I don’t love the grandparent birthday parties at our house, but they have to happen so I will suck it up. This is the third weekend in a row I’ve not looked forward to, and I REALLY need Halloween weekend to break this spell. I need the weekends to be reprieves from the stresses of life, not their own little stress bombs waiting to detonate!

In happier news, the 15yo was invited to the group interview next weekend. She is thrilled. And so are we!

Tomorrow my youngest turns 12 and I have big feelings about it, but I promised him I wouldn’t make the day all about me. 😉

I managed to run today, which was a nice consolation prize since I couldn’t make it to the dojo (the husband had a late night commitment which made it hard for me to be at my late night class). Here is a photo from that run. Some trademark Bay Area fog for your viewing pleasure.

Unfinished and on the wrong day.

Things kind of fell apart last night but don’t worry! We’re all fine! I was going to tweak this post to publish it today but f*ck it. I’m posting it because who cares and I’m already a day late with it.

Fall has fallen!

The rain storm we had on Monday brought much cooler weather than we’ve been having. September and October are usually our warmest months, especially in San Francisco proper, but the air is finally feeling crisp and cool. On Monday our heat kicked on and we keep the thermostat at 62! I’m definitely here for the cooler weather, and I hope it keeps up, though I’m sure there will be some more surprisingly warm days before it officially cools off.

I pulled my Halloween leggings out of the shed last week and now I need to get my sweatshirt dresses and Ugg boots from the winter clothes box (also in the shed, but harder to access). I have a few Halloween decorations up in the house, and I got a couple new things for Spooky Spirit Week, which is the week of Halloween at school!

Half way through husband’s trip

The husband is in Amsterdam. It’s nine hours ahead. We can only chat on my way to work, when he’s in the middle of his day or on my drive home, when he’s out late. Needless to say we aren’t getting to talk much. I miss him! Solo parenting isn’t that hard as my kids are older and can do a lot themselves. Having said that I feel like I can never sit down because I have to take advantage of every moment. Part of this is because my inlaws are coming in the morning to help the 6th grader get up and to school, and they will clean anything I leave out, so I feel like I need to have my kitchen in pristine shape before I leave in the mornings. I hate for them to clean up my messes.

Getting to work has been kind of a shit show, because I need to feed the cats before I leave and that, combined with keeping my kitchen pristine, has me leaving later than usual. On Tuesday I hit so much traffic that it took an hour to get to work. On Wednesday I forgot my coffee and water. Thursday and Friday were better – I even got parking spots in the front on those days!

I’ve been making sure to get every last minute of prep done before I get to work, in case I pull up right before the bell rings. This takes a significant amount of time! I get a lot done in the normal 40+ minutes I have before the bell rings! I’ve also had to stay for 30-40 minutes after work most days this week, to do the stuff I can’t, or don’t want to, bring home.

The 11yo

My favorite sparring buddy is back at the dojo after a several-month hiatus (first for summer break, then for baseball). He came back at the perfect time because they are just starting their Junior Leadership program and he is interested in participating. I really hope he continues to find the dojo a fun and meaningful place to be.

After a ROUGH couple of weeks, things have been a lot better for him at school. I guess the one teacher he was having a hard time with (that he has for TWO classes), has gotten better. I wonder if someone else talked to him before we could? It seems like things in that class have changed significantly. Seems unlikely those changes happened organically…

He’s of course VERY EXCITED for his birthday. His friend party is this Sunday. His actual birthday (he’ll get his big present from us) is Wednesday, and his grandparent birthday party is next Sunday. He gets to feel special on THREE DAYS! Sounds about right.

Today I drove to his school, parked the car, found him and showed him how to take the 48 down to Mission and 24th and then how to walk from there to the dojo. We stopped in McDonalds to get him a 20 piece chicken nugget and a frozen Coke. The timing worked great for his 5pm class, which he could never get to on time if he tried to get home (on the bus) first. I’m so glad it worked! I also showed him how to get home from his baseball game on the bus on Saturday, since I need to be at the dojo. He’s getting so independent! I’m really proud of him.

The 15yo

I realized last night – when the 15yo mentioned how much I’d been in her room – that I was lonely and lurking because I wanted company. Luckily she likes to hang out with me and didn’t mind. She has found her rhythm at school, can manage the homework better, and is going to swimming twice a week. Do I wish she were going to swim at least three days a week? Sure! But I’m not going to say anything, because it’s her life and she needs to do what feels right for her.

She applied for an internship at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and got an interview on Monday! She was so thrilled to have made it through the first round! I REALLY hope her interview goes well. We’ve talked through the questions and we’re going to do a first practice interview on Zoom tonight. She’ll do at least one more practice interview with her dad via Zoom over the weekend too.

Other Random Updates

I got my Covid and flu shots on Monday. My arm was super sore but I never felt shitty. They finally filled the 15yo’s ADHD prescription earlier this week and I picked it up.

I am had my eye appointment and am trying occupational progressives for the first time, where the majority of your vision is most of your reading prescription, so you can see clearly for like 10 feet but distance is not great. She said if I hate them I can bring them back within three months and get regular progressives. I just know “the boost” at the bottom of glasses just isn’t enough for me anymore. I’m really excited to try something new. My new glasses should be in late next week.

I saw my kids’ dentist for the first time on Wednesday. I have to go back to get three cavities filled or refilled. Such a bummer. I do not have great teeth.

I haven’t made it to the dojo yet this week, but I did do a Sims 60 Bike Boot Camp on Wednesday. I didn’t start u til 8pm, and it was really hard, but I rocked it! I was really proud.