on Everyone was well enough for school today, which is always a blessing. After I picked the boys up this afternoon, we had a few minutes to kill before going to Benjamin’s end-of-season little league party. We stopped by a few businesses to hang fliers for the Lemonade Stand next Saturday. As we pulled into the ball field,… Continue Reading Day 517
on Banyan stayed home from school this morning. Both boys woke up tired; Benji said his legs hurt, but once he remembered it was Board Game Day, he perked right up. Banyan, on the other hand, was clearly in no condition to go to school. He was warm, his glands were swollen, his belly hurt and… Continue Reading Day 516
on Benji felt just fine this morning. When I returned from a gorgeous bridge walk, both boys woke easily, got ready for school, grabbed their Evan Longoria batting gloves, and walked out the door. I made sure to prioritize research today and distilled my focus to two supplements. I purchased them, and emailed information about each one… Continue Reading Day 432
on Benjamin’s teacher pulled me into the classroom this morning to show me the watercolor self-portraits the class had done as part of an exercise on similes. When I saw Benjamin’s painting it brought me to tears. He wrote, “My hair is as curly as a fresh born pig’s tail.” Beautiful. This morning I had a phone conference… Continue Reading Day 420
on We were all up well before the sun this morning. Michael hosted an early breakfast meeting at work, and we both needed to be there, so we brought the boys (and donuts for bribery). They were quite cooperative, playing outside with a recently rescued remote controlled drone as the sun came up. I dropped them… Continue Reading Day 396
on We are en route to chilly northern Alabama, and everyone is happy and relatively healthy. Benji and I took one more morning “off,” just to be sure; he still felt poorly this morning and was super congested, and my sore throat was threatening to deepen into my chest. But one more morning of rest, oils… Continue Reading Day 385