- Soccer is still a lot of fun. I’m proud I know all the kids and their parents' names and some siblings! Love watching games and cheering the kids on, even though I’m not super-well-versed in the game!
- Team lunch and time at Barnes & Nobles at the Oct tournament
- Brunch after the last home game with team and families
- Lunch with Riso, his mom, and brothers at Mediterranean Bakery & Cafe
- Playdates with Athena
- Outdoor and some indoor playdates with the neighborhood kids
- Beckett and Dominigo birthday parties
- Minecraft Halloween costume
- Pokemon is still a thing
- Video games, bracelet making
Zach at school
- The emails from the teachers are amazing!
- Zach picked the Washington Monument to study further and told us some facts, like it is a stone obelisk, which is amazing coming out of a 2nd graders mouth!
- Unreliable bus! Regular double backs making it 20-30 mins late, so Z and I have walked to school some
- Great library books
- Lice! Lots of anxiety for me!
- Minecraft club
Zach’s health
Flu shot and COVID booster - no reaction! Yay Zach!
Sleep Update
Sleeping more as it’s darker in the morning. Yay!
Episodes are back. They’ve happened 2-3 times in the last month
Empathy Corner
Zach asked about me and checked on me multiple times during my colonoscopy prep day. I told him I would be cranky, and at one point he said, "You're not snapping much," but I did! LOL! He also asked me overnight on my prep night if I'd taken my medicine. I <3 that!
Zach's Words and Music
- The kraken and words like “legendary” and “folklore.”
- Reading more “I Survived”
- Listening to Spy School as much as possible!
- Podcast on the Lost Colony and some oldies, but goodies - Creepy Weepy Dollhouse and Dave the Rockstar and Sacagawea
- Zach's travel soccer games
- Extended family birthday celebration: 80, 75, and 50
- Family values: curious - curious about my impatience, growth - learning to play goalie, and connection - Adrienne
- Card Playing - Uno, Gin, and Gin Rummy
Susan and Zach
- Walking home together when I pick him up from Minecraft Club
- A fun mom/son weekend while Frank was gone on his guys trip; we found the Mariposa walk at the State Arboretum
- Zach and I started watching Hocus Pocus. So bad!
- Frisbee golf
- Skyzone
- Reading
- Legos
- Pumpkin carving
- Daily walks, therapy and re-setting expectations for walks to 3 days/week because Frank is going into work more and me too.
- Drinks and apps at Cooper’s Hawk
- Lots of informal connection with neighbors at the bus stop and at soccer practice
- Mornings when Lindy has come over
- Sending prompts to Mom and Dad - though fell off for a few weeks
- Region’s 117 x 2
- Greer - we might meet up again soon too!
- Mary Kay
- Rae - went to International Black Writer's Festival and heard from Ibram X. Kendi, Mikki Kendall, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Paige - planned trip to rendez-vous in Roanoke
- Emily's birthday and regular hanging out
- Katie and Suji came to one of Zach’s games
- Zach and I met Mom and Dad for brunch at Region’s 117
- Auntie Em’s birthday at Le Sel and the awesome, Seylou bakery!!!
- Zach spent Indigenous People’s Day with Grandad and they went to Great Country, Bear Chase, and Sky Zone, Whew!
- Dano’s Granola, rochers, and breakfast cookies
- More focaccia!
- Seylou Bakery
- Mediterranean Bakery items (hummus, pickled radishes, eggplant salad, Zatar pita chips, baba ganoush, and labneh goat cheese)
Health Corner
- Eye care (nightly washing eye lashes and heating pad on eye lids)
- Sitting on the floor/ground for 30 minutes/day - though that is hardly happening
- Flu and COVID Booster - in the end Moderna for me, F, and Z
- Eye appointment; more new, fun glasses
- Upper endoscopy and colonoscopy all clear and done for 2 years according to Dr. A., but we’ll see! Recommendation is 6-12 months for PMS2
Personal
Fun
- Walks around Great Falls during Zach's soccer practices at Nike Field
- Good memes that made me laugh when searching for happiness
- Llaminated. Tee hee! Treat Yo Self! Yas!
- Hanging art!
- Watching Black-ish while waiting for my colonoscopy procedure. Good call GastroHealth!
- Paige listened to Simon Sinek's Arthur Brooks interview and started 1619 podcast. She said it blew her mind!
Not So Fun, but Normal
Health challenges as we all struggle: Uncle Van, Vero, April
Watching
- Really LOVED Max shows: Somebody Somewhere and Hacks
- Also, From the Source and La Pitchoune, esp La Pitchoune is warming my heart!
Reading
- Arthur Brooks and Oprah’s book, Build the Life You Want
- Read part of Negroland and You Can’t Touch My Hair. Negroland was hard for me to follow. Also started Dinner: A Love Story and Lunch Wars; not sure if I'll finish
- Re-reading 1619
- Homegoing and Fat Talk - trying to educate myself more around common hold of diet culture and anti-fat bias
Listening
- Simon Sinek - depression is the absence of hope; we all need hope
- Happiness Lab w/ Arthur Brooks
- Podcasts on aspiring leaders and 360 review best practices
Professional
- 360 Feedback with Finance & Accounting Teams
- In the office: Joe B., Jeff, so many people; hugs from John F. (unexpected), Kelvin, Kevin, etc. Poorly decided and communicated, but good to see everyone
- Jess and support for her trials and a listening ear for me too
- Goodbye to Eva
- Had a chance to touch base with Ian again. Yay!
- Research and fun facts on Australia and South Africa; reminded of The Man from Snowy River (those mtns are called the "Snowy Mountains.")
What’s on my mind/Insights
- Every day
- Putting thoughtful people in touch with meaningful experiences
- Values reminder: growth, kindness/caring, and authenticity
- May you be healthy, safe, joyful, life of meaning
- Hearts to Bettie and Van
- 5 minutes of clean up - a struggle!
- Regular hugs
- Gratitude
- Reminders!
- Be less judgmental; take perspective and also try to have the hard conversation
- When triggered, consider your situation as if it weren’t happening to you
- Write down feelings and then come back to them at 1 month and 6 months - started my “Pain or Negativity Journal”
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