1. What do you like most about your family? 

Hmm, I suppose that even though we do seem to be doing a lot of our own things these days, we still come together for various things. We’ll all watch a movie or go out to eat; sometimes everyone comes down to watch football. We’ll have a fire and kids slowly filter outside to enjoy it. They’re all getting to an age where I don’t want to force them and they don’t need supervision anymore – and this is a weird time to enter into as a parent! – so I appreciate that they still want to do stuff with us.

2. What’s something nice that’s happened to you recently? 

Last Wednesday, after PSAT testing, administration let teachers go home at 12:30. I was so excited! I picked up a sushi roll and some chicken salad from the store and went home to enjoy my magical half day.

3. Do you like the color orange? Besides a pumpkin and an actual orange, what’s something orange you love?

I wouldn’t wear it but I like it. I love it in a sunrise or sunset or as an accent color

4.  What’s something you have now you couldn’t have imagined having five years ago? How does that make you feel? What’s possible now because of it? 

I guess…patience. While I do still sometimes become annoyed and flip out on, say, my kids, I am FAR better at calming myself and handling things and, at the same time, slower to answer and act in a lot of situations. I just figured I’d always be the annoyed mom, exasperated and at her wit’s end. But now, not as much.

5. Let’s wrap this one up with an October this or that…

• pumpkin bread or apple cider donut

               pumpkin bread

• cozy sweater or cozy hoodie

                hoodie

• apple picking or pumpkin picking

             pumpkin picking 

• scary movie or Hallmark movie

               I hate to be “that” person but I dislike Hallmark so I guess I’ll go scary, since they dnon’t bother me like they used to

• hayride or corn maze

                hayride 

• twinkle lights or candles

                twinkle lights

• autumn hike or autumn bonfire 

              an autumn hike but man do I ever love a fire!

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Sorry I can’t get ahead and post in the morning but hey, at least I am here. Today has been THE longest day! It is the feast day of St. John Paul II, who is our school’s patron saint. So we had mass and a eucharistic procession, right before lunch, so the whole day has just been so broken up and long. I am le tired. But of course, we also have a faculty meeting after this. Sigh.