Good Things Friday (16)
May 31, 2019
1. Friday: On the cusp of a three day weekend and I’m not having a panic over how much work is still left to be done. It’s still a TON but I’m unnaturally calm about it. I do plan to work on the weekend but that’s not usually a calm plan.
2. Saturday: We cuddled a newborn and enjoyed a half deli lunch with friends.
3. Sunday: JB was pleasant 95% of the day. That is unprecedented! I like to think it’s because we did a good mix of play / chores / play / chores throughout the day so that ze also felt like ze was getting an adequate amount of free time. We did a combination of JB+Mom time (while Dad did his thing), family time, JB+Dad time (while I did my work) and then leftovers for dinner.
4. Monday: PiC proposed we take JB to one of those entertainment centers that have an enormous padded jungle gym / maze / tubes / everything you can imagine places. It’s the pricey one down the road where we couldn’t possibly afford a birthday party (starts at $600) but the open play is $12. Having just the one kid makes this seem reasonable, ze can play til ze drops. At least that was the hope. I worked while ze played, then took a break and played too. Ze even took an hour long nap after.
5. Tuesday: JB was allowed to pick all the free bagels from our Monopoly winnings and ze was Very Pleased.
It was such a busy week I had no time to finish this post! May next week be much better. (Last week’s non panic over work was misplaced. I’m drowning in work. ARGH.)
1.5 years ago the buzz about the Cascadia quake nudged me to finally get serious about emergency prep. I spent hours researching and over a hundred dollars purchasing basic supplies. I was going through it all again today to make a list of the food that needs to be rotated before it expires (plus a few new items that I’d like to add) and it just feels sooo good to know that we won’t be completely unprepared if something does eventually happen.