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Aug. 17th, 2024 06:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spryngIt's been a long/short week. Dayjob pretty much took up every moment and I feel like I've been spit out the other end gasping and wrung-out. One good thing about this job is the PTO, so I've already scheduled two days off next week. It was going to just be one, but I get a day of bereavement for losing my uncle, too, so. I think I need that time not just to recover but to actually grieve; I haven't had a single moment to actually think about what it means that he's gone, and it keeps catching me by surprise, that reality. This reality.
CG started 2nd grade this week, too, and I'm surprised by how reassuring the rhythm of school is. As much as I dislike waking her up so early, it has been nice to know both kids will be out of the house by the time I'm supposed to start work. Summer was just all over the place with that. And the morning bike ride is fun, I do enjoy it, I guess I just needed the break.
I've changed our routine up a bit in the morning, as CG is older now and needs to be a bit more responsible. I used to just sit in her room, doing my Duolingo to try and wake her up, then helping her eat and get dressed, but now I'm opening her door, turning on her light, and waking her enough to ask what she wants for breakfast. Ideally, she gets dressed while I make breakfast and we all eat at the table together. Actually... that happened twice, hah. But it was nice, having her and Toddler sitting together and talking about the day ahead. Friday she even woke up before I came in and got dressed, then made her own eggs (which she ate on the couch while listening to the pilot episode of Welcome to Nightvale, so, not the table, but I'll allow it), so she had extra time to play on her computer. I'm hoping that'll work as incentive going forward, because the struggle to get her out of bed is real.
It's somehow 68 degrees this morning, which is such a relief after the 80+ slamming me in the face every day for the last month. Yesterday it was barely 90 and low humidity and I found myself actually enjoying being outside. It feels like fall might come, after all. Funny how 90 can feel so cool now...
I was hoping to go for a run this morning, to take advantage of the cool weather, but I don't know if this cold will let me. At least I can probably get CG to bike today--she's been very keen on getting strong enough to bike to school. Last Sunday, she even biked with me to the grocery store! That's 3 miles roundtrip, and the furthest she's been yet. She was very stoked, and I still am. We don't have public transportation in the US nor any other safe way for kids to get around, so it's been my goal for a while to ensure she can at least bike places. We've got the library down and now the grocery store; next up is probably her friend's house, then school.
I've seen a lot more people out biking and I sure hope this is a rising trend, because the line of cars at the high school is so depressing. I get some kids have to drive for work, but I'm pretty sure the majority are just driving because they can. And they're all backed up for days into every major road around the school as I zip by on my bike every morning.
This coffee might be cutting through the cold symptoms enough that maybe I can run after all...
CG started 2nd grade this week, too, and I'm surprised by how reassuring the rhythm of school is. As much as I dislike waking her up so early, it has been nice to know both kids will be out of the house by the time I'm supposed to start work. Summer was just all over the place with that. And the morning bike ride is fun, I do enjoy it, I guess I just needed the break.
I've changed our routine up a bit in the morning, as CG is older now and needs to be a bit more responsible. I used to just sit in her room, doing my Duolingo to try and wake her up, then helping her eat and get dressed, but now I'm opening her door, turning on her light, and waking her enough to ask what she wants for breakfast. Ideally, she gets dressed while I make breakfast and we all eat at the table together. Actually... that happened twice, hah. But it was nice, having her and Toddler sitting together and talking about the day ahead. Friday she even woke up before I came in and got dressed, then made her own eggs (which she ate on the couch while listening to the pilot episode of Welcome to Nightvale, so, not the table, but I'll allow it), so she had extra time to play on her computer. I'm hoping that'll work as incentive going forward, because the struggle to get her out of bed is real.
It's somehow 68 degrees this morning, which is such a relief after the 80+ slamming me in the face every day for the last month. Yesterday it was barely 90 and low humidity and I found myself actually enjoying being outside. It feels like fall might come, after all. Funny how 90 can feel so cool now...
I was hoping to go for a run this morning, to take advantage of the cool weather, but I don't know if this cold will let me. At least I can probably get CG to bike today--she's been very keen on getting strong enough to bike to school. Last Sunday, she even biked with me to the grocery store! That's 3 miles roundtrip, and the furthest she's been yet. She was very stoked, and I still am. We don't have public transportation in the US nor any other safe way for kids to get around, so it's been my goal for a while to ensure she can at least bike places. We've got the library down and now the grocery store; next up is probably her friend's house, then school.
I've seen a lot more people out biking and I sure hope this is a rising trend, because the line of cars at the high school is so depressing. I get some kids have to drive for work, but I'm pretty sure the majority are just driving because they can. And they're all backed up for days into every major road around the school as I zip by on my bike every morning.
This coffee might be cutting through the cold symptoms enough that maybe I can run after all...
