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Back on the Exercise Bandwagon
This year has been up and down in terms of exercise. After the new year, I resolved to exercise at least four times a month. It wasn’t a huge goal, but it was a 400% increase from what I was doing!
I hit the 4 times/month goal, and then friends from Henry’s school started a YMCA club, and we would go every Monday. With that commitment plus my frequent jog around the lake on Saturday morning, I started surpassing my goal.And then I threw out my back. And so I haven’t been exercising at all. Just walking around the house was a big event for several weeks.My back… Read More -
Around Here Lately
This photo from our vacation in Tahoe is totally misleading!Yes, I had a wonderful time in Tahoe with our in-laws, but my summer has not been all smiles and sunshine. My summer has been a lot of put-my-head-down-and-work. I feel like I want to make serious progress on my to-do list so that I head into the school year more relaxed and better able to institute a balanced routine.I didn’t miss a single day of school this year, so I accumulated 15 days of vacation. I used them for the first three weeks of June. I would go into work really early in the morning while Matt handled… Read More -
Racist or Anti-Racist?
I’ve had the issues that I discussed yesterday at the
forefront of my mind since then. I hope that I can continue to maintain the
urgency I feel to actively dismantle racism.On the plane ride home, I struck up a conversation with a… Read More
pilot who was sitting next to me. He was reading a book about astronomy, and so
we chatted about the stars. I recommended visiting the observatory outside of
Marfa, TX. I explained that my favorite part was lying down and watching
different constellations pointed out with the laser pointer. He shared that he
had purchased his own powerful laser pointer for astronomical reasons. When he
first
