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There is an alternate timeline where I am cheerfully counting down the days to Charlie's first day of kindergarten, while at the same time thoroughly enjoying the last couple of weeks of summer as the boys and I explore both Warsaw and this part of Europe. Where I'm planning out loud about all the days I'm going to spend being super productive ( Read more... ) -
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I found the white-board I used in the kitchen in Jeddah this morning, piled in a stack of pictures we haven't gotten around to hanging here. (This is partially because we have a LOT of framed things to hang, and also because the cement walls make hanging things extremely difficult. I ran out of sticker-hanging-things ages ago, and gave up on ( Read more... ) -
Things I Have Decided
Things I have Decided:
1. I’m going to keep writing BIPOC characters. But, I’m going to ensure that I’m not doing it just to tick off a box, because as much as I hate to admit it, I have definitely done that in the past. (Did I realize I was ticking a box? Maybe. Did I realize how terrible that was? No. Do I regret it now? Oh, yeah. Worst part is, I ( Read more... ) -
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Just realized that for some reason, the DW entries were not cross-posting over here. I'm not sure what happened, but I think I've fixed it now.
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Erised, Page 7
It has been so long since I last updated about Erised that the platforms I’m primarily on now didn’t even exist at the time of the last update. So I’ll start from the beginning.
Waaaaay back in 2005, in the age of B.K. (Before Kids), I embarked on what is in retrospect an utterly insane cross-stitch project. I had a deck of Harry Potter Uno cards, ( Read more... ) -
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The first three days of School on Meds have been pretty good. Andrew's attitude has been more or less even-keel, and with few exceptions, nothing really throws him. He still finds ways to procrastinate, but changing tasks is so much faster and with little to no complaint - he's even done it once or twice on his own, without prompting. And the few ( Read more... ) -
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There is a lot about the lockdown that is frustrating, and it feels pointless to put it all down. Everyone else has the same frustrations, I'm sure.
It doesn't help that the weather's turned the last two days. It seems like the whole time we've been in quarantine, the weather has been marvelous. Blue, sunny skies, warm temperatures, cool breezes. ( Read more... ) -
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The fourth week of self-isolation/quarantine is coming to an end. In some ways, it feels like it's flown by, and also that this has been our entire life. Yesterday Charlie woke up and for the first time in a while, asked if it was a school day. That used to be a daily occurrence, and I can't remember what day he stopped asking every morning.
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In no particular order:
1. I have been trying not to do the List Of Things format, because I realize that every time I end up doing List of Things, it's a sort of bellwether for me not posting as frequently. But these are Unusual Times, and I actually do have many small things to mention.
1a. Much to my surprise, it is not spelled bellweather. I ( Read more... )
