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Planning for the UK trip was sort of a blur. I was waiting for my work trip to materialize. It kept dragging on. Maybe it was happening, maybe it wasn’t. I kept feeling stubborn about it, where I really just wanted to know if I was going because it would have saved me $2300 on […]
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I visited with my Dad over the weekend for his 70th birthday. It was a really lovely and relaxed time. It’s always funny waiting at the airport for him. I start wondering what car he’s driving. He reminds me but I still have to wonder if I’ll recognize it when I see it pulling around […]
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The first day of February started off my month in such a peaceful and joyful way. It was funny how it came along but however it did, it was lovely. The premise was that Ang had loose plans to hang out with Natalie but no actual determination of where to go. We were at dinner […]
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If only I ALWAYS had this perfect of a banana train waiting for me on my kitchen counter. #notsowordlesswednesday
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It’s been a month of moments. I talked about writing more… so here is a weekly journey through January moments – some not so memorable but at least I entertained myself! The first five days of the year were very introspective, quiet, lovely, and a few hard/rewarding parts mixed in. The entire week was a […]
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Today’s “Dad Text” from Ang resonated with me more than usual. These texts are so thoughtful. She was missing her dad and signed up for service to text her daily with messages that a dad would send to her daughter. And then she copies them and sends them to me! (And others too, I think.) […]
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I was browsing IG this morning and ran across an article in the Atlantic which immediately made me stop and read. “Why calling loved ones by their name is strangely awkward” OMGosh, YES! Why, Atlantic? I must know. Names are so important. I will make people repeat their names to me three times. I have […]
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Today was a satisfying day. I was a little slow and tired. Still fighting a weird not-fever, where my temp just flirts with 100 degrees all day and I can feel the chills in my body and the heaviness of my head. But I popped two Tylenol at 945am and went on my way. S […]
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I was a little out of sorts, off-balanced, uneasy. I knew I was stuck but I wanted to power my way through it in another direction assuming that would get me past my thoughts and into another – better – place. It was a good jolt to be asked to think about it from another […]
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Describe something you wish you could relive I was scrolling through journal prompts today wanting to take 15m to write. There were so many prompts that were interesting but this one caught my eye. What popped into my mind immediately was the day we cruised with the dolphins. It was a beautiful February day and […]
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I want to save this so I can see it next year! Goal is to do 10% more lessons and learning. 2024 stats: 1,676 lessons in French 83,357 XP – Top 1% of all learners 2,749 minutes learning (or 46 hours) 2,054 mistakes in 2024 – Do I care about making less mistakes? Not really. […]
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So I obsessively recorded my year. I did mean to only do a few pictures a month but I wanted to get it all down. Maybe a resolution will be to do a monthly post this year. Hmm… I know I will come back to this next year and in 5 years and reread it […]
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Continuation from Jan – June. “A pebble that we picked up last July” A few days after we got back in July it was admission day at SDSU! She was so occupied with checking everything, getting her classes, and it was such a fun day. I met such nice parents and had fun conversations and […]
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I’m doing a two-part recap! And then will have my mini-recap and goals… Starting with January “We could leave the Christmas lights up till January” To be fair, I wanted to do one or two pictures per month when I started this post back in March. But… that didn’t work out and now I’m committed. […]
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For years, Truck has written everyone very long and (rambling) beautiful birthday notes. It is his “thing” and for years I have told myself to write him notes in return. That’s his love language. He loves writing, he loves being written to. Some years I would. For a long time, I simply had no capacity […]
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