Every day, a new development. Today after work husband and I were talking as we helped baby play on her slide in the yard. Suddenly she started crying. We asked what’s wrong and she cried harder. We guessed, “Did you want dada to play with you?” “Yeah!!” she sobbed. We both picked her up and …
I’ve been noticing the last few days that I have a hard time slowing down and breathing. So often I find myself rushing to get places; holding my breath; making frantic lists in my head; all with the hopes of either getting back to be with my girl as quickly as possible, or maximizing the …
So, I’ve been shopping. And I’m okay with it. I find shopping a kind of fascinating topic, so here are my current thoughts on it.1. Shopping is addictive. Definitely. Now that I’ve been going to VV most Thursdays, I get an itch on Thursday afternoons to head out there. Good to be aware of – …
A few years ago, I had enough files to fill 3 drawers of a filing cabinet. I had stacks of journal articles from doing a master’s, doctorate and numerous research projects. I had copies of talks, deepenings, activities and workshops I’d organized. I had piles of interesting or fun or informative articles to read on …
On the way home from work today, I asked baby if she wanted to stop at the library or go home. She said “Yaaa!” to the library. Then I asked her if she wanted to go and play there, or just go in and out. “In … aaaooo!” was her answer. So I parked in …
Yes, that’s right. I do. Do you? I’ve started reading “The Millionaire Next Door: The surprising secrets of America’s wealthy” and am enjoying it a lot. When I asked my husband what he thought of me reading the book he asked, “Do they talk about being happy?” Yes, that’s right, spiritual perspective from my husband, …
This morning, baby really wanted to nurse and really didn’t want to wear a diaper. Result: much sitting around, two big floor puddles, and late departure for work. I had a meeting that went long today and I found I was a bit late for yoga class. I almost didn’t go. I was sorely tempted. …
Today I had an annoying phone conversation. I was told that, for purely administrative reasons which were incomprehensible to me, I needed to fill in yet another form to clear costs from the conference I attended in March. Apparently something was an advance, and something something else, something bla bla bla, use this code and …
I don’t know why, but I seemed to slip into a grump today, several times, for no apparent reason. The sun was shining; my family is fine; nothing really went wrong. Still, the grumps persisted. Blah. I wasn’t feeling super patient with my girl this morning. I didn’t really love going grocery shopping. Baby didn’t …
My life will be revolutionized through my recent discovery of the task option in gmail! I am constantly managing to do list. Writing lists is one of the main get-things-done strategies I use. I’ve maintained word documents for years with my “big” list (learn languages, write 18 paper ideas 🙂 and others. However, this approach …