- I was holding it together so well this week… until Wednesday. Then my oldest gave me trouble and then he went home at lunch. I don’t think his stomach actually hurts as much as he says, so much as he’s looking for a reason not to go to school.
- Instead of understanding why I feel like he’s just looking for a way out (I get it; I was a teenager once and the idea of having to move forward with good grades and a job is terrifying) he thinks I am just trying to make him feel bad. Which is obviously not the case.
- The last two nights, I have said I was going to a.) take a bath and read and b.) repaint my toenails, since I have no time to get a pedicure. Have I done either of those things?
- OK, the first three were written Wednesday and it is now Thursday and I DID paint my nails.
- We actually had a productive evening. I got home and realized the algae is creeping back into the pool so I went to the store and got chlorine, then a couple groceries, and home to clean the house. Nothing major; just general tidying. Ran to Hobby Lobby for a couple things and then around 9:45 I got into bed. Didn’t fall asleep right away but early enough.
- And the early night helped me wake up at 5:50 to get a run in. Since Dakota is training and Ash is out of town, I had to make sure she kept to her schedule. I’m only running the 5k in November but she’s training for the 10k. She did it last year but hasn’t really kept up and sort of running schedule in the meantime. I want to train also but it’s a bit too early. My next challenge run is the 5 miler on December 2nd.
- It’s been colder than normal in my office this week. So cold that I have had to wear my fuzzy socks AND put a blanket over my legs. It’s really quite ridiculous, considering that it’s not blazingly hot outside. Especially in the South, that’s how buildings are in the summer: too cold.
- My mom is coming through town tonight on her way back home. The plan is that she’ll come out to Isaac’s last cross country meet then we’ll have dinner. She’ll stay over and leave tomorrow morning. It should be a nice, albeit brief, time.
- Someone is coming at me in our local restaurant reviews group on Facebook. Someone posted last night about breweries and made a joke like “Doesn’t Ology brew beer?” I think it was meant to be tongue in cheek but I said that no, they make sours and rip-off IPAs. (They basically only make hazies, which to me, is just juice.) Well, someone told ME to go onto Untappd and see which beers are best and which brewery ranks higher than what I said, which is Deep. He essentially said I have no taste. LOL. ME! I told him I’ve checked in over 2900 unique beers so I think I MIGHT have an idea. Good Lord.
- Plot twist: the guy has twice as many check-ins as me so ok, he drank a lot of beers and STILL likes trash. No accounting for taste! I will choose to die on that hill: Deep is Tallahassee’s best brewery.
- I should go take a walk, as it is very nice out. In fact, I walked yesterday around 1:30 and kept thinking about this youtube channel I watch where this old cowboy guy gives general life advice. He had a video about resting the other day and he talked about how you may need to rest from whatever it is that’s exhausting you but with the idea in mind that it’s a temporary rest and you intend to get right back on the the horse. I almost always have that mindset but it was nice to get that reassurance.
- Lunch can’t come soon enough today. Was thinking I’d just fast all the way until dinner but I think that early morning run has me particularly hungry. Or at least, the grehlin in my stomach tells me so. (That’s the hunger hormone)
- I do believe it is just about time to close down our pool. With temps about to drop to the lower 50s, there won’t be any swimming anyway. I am glad to be done with the work for a little while but also sad to see it go. It looks so nice out there but there’s no way I’m taking care of it all off-season. No thanks. I guess it is time to accept that Fall is here to stay for a bit and summer is in the rearview.
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Do what Mom did: tell your son he has choice between going to school and digging ditches every day…
My parents always said if I stayed home, I’d have to work. And I did make him do a few things, like skim the pool. He wasn’t happy.