I was going to have this up early Friday but then the kitchen sink wasn’t getting hot water and I had to spend over an hour fixing it. But I did fix it! And it doesn’t leak! So yay for saving $300+!
And then Friday happened and now it’s 8pm. Blerg.
This week was parent conferences at work and I’m SO GLAD it’s over. I hate the 35 minute classes. I don’t love talking to parents and students all afternoon. It’s the longest, most exhausting week and I’m so happy it’s in my rear view.
The 11yo’s final baseball game of the middle school season was Wednesday. I collected money from families for coaches’ gifts. I bought eight pizzas and a flat of Gatorades at Costco. I delivered it all to the game and the kids and families were happy and grateful. When I got home I promptly emptied the baseball backpack and packed his regular backpack and thanked all that is good in the world that I wouldn’t have to pack his cleats and gloves and mitt with his school stuff again this school year.
The husband leaves for Amsterdam on Monday and he found out earlier this week that there was a black tie dinner in the programming. He doesn’t have a tux, and he doesn’t buy things much, so I had to provide a significant amount of support as he decided if he should rent in Amsterdam or buy immediately at home, and then where and what he should but and then how he should return what didn’t fit him great and finally today he has an ensamble he’s happy with and I’m breathing a big sigh of relief.
This Sunday is the memorial service for our good family friend. My mom is speaking. I know I’m going to cry the whole time, for literal hours. I’m kind of worried that it will be an issue when I get my eyes checked on Monday, because crying for 4+ hours does a number on my eyes. I hope I can still figure out my new prescription.
I put up my Day of the Dead decorations, including my ofrenda. A picture of my friend is on it and it’s hard to see her all day every day, but it’s also good to have her close. There are moments sometimes when I think I see her in the world and I have this weird feeling like, “oh I thought I lost that but it’s right there!” and then I realize that a part of my brain thought it was her and another part knew it couldn’t be her and I’m just gutted. Once I even whispered her name I was so sure I had seen her. But of course it wasn’t her.
Sunday is going to be so hard.
Hugs friend. You always supreme how you do so much for other people- your kids, your husband, your students. I do a lot for my kids but my husband is pretty much on his own 🙂 if we would have had a situation with a tux he would have had to figure it out as the grown ass man that he is. You are so much kinder than me.
I was gonna ask, you still go to the dojo? How is that going? Also, can you write about your workouts and the when where of them?
Hugs again, your friend is watching over you.
I should clarify that I was just providing advice and moral support to my husband about the tux. He had a lot of uncertainty and second guessing and big feelings to work through and I was his go-to person for all that. But he actually did all the searching and ordering and returning himself.
I’m actually returning to the dojo after being out for over a week with a cold, which I didnt want to give to anyone else. And I’ll definitely write more about working out! I was going to anyway because I’ve been lacking motivation lately and I wanted to write about what that looks like for me and how I manage it.
Congratulations on the sink and oh yes it costs lots of money to have a plumber come, also time as one needs to be home. Well done!
Nice to have baseball wrapped and put away for a while. May even give you 5 more minutes for the other demands.
Amsterdam for a week and a black tie dinner, sounds lovely. Hope he finds it helpful , relevant to SF and interesting and he meets people he can enjoy. Assume it is a work thing. Am hearing the Canadian Angels right now so interrupted and watched a few minutes. Lots of emotions. Quite lovely that they came.
It is VERY hard to be a temporary single parent. It changes the demands and needs for everyone at home in funny ways. The WaPo had an article on sheet pan dinner and one was eggs based today. Sounded easy and relatively fast with few dishes for clean up. You may want to look at it. But your family may not feel eggs fit into dinner. Wishing you a good week and lots of cooperation from the kids.