A few thoughts to set free..
Loved these intentions/goals from Brittany of the Healthy Slice of Life blog. She has been doing sort of a self-guided digital detox. I am stealing these intentions + adding my own twist.
- Keep creating new dreams and plans at every age and stage. Yes x 100. I just need energy and focus.
- Don’t focus on saying goodbye to the past, but instead, pour your energy into building the next chapter. For someone who likes to look back at my kids’ baby pictures (me), and feeling sad about the passage of time, I really should focus more on what the future holds.
- Expand your circle; make friends that are in every stage of life. Learn from them. Been trying, continue with this endeavor.
- What are the joys of the season you’re in? Do more of those. Good thing I’ve been doing: making a quintile list for each quintile (thanks, SHU).
- Allow yourself to feel all the things, it’s part of life’s process, but don’t dwell too long in the negative spaces. Change the channel and a go do something. HA. Amen, sister.
- Link to the original post is here.
Pre-school Graduation
L had her pre-school graduation yesterday. Let the waterfall flow. I will say all the typical things that mothers say and feel. It was so wonderful, I cried, my husband cried, we are so proud.
Thankful to L’s pre-school teachers for teaching her many wonderful things: academic and character. Thank you for being patient, inspiring, relatable, supportive, and understanding. I teach high school, and I take my hat off to you to be managing, and- teaching – a room full of fifteen 4- and 5-year-olds. God bless you. R is going there next year, and I know he will learn a lot, too.
As L’s graduation “gift” we went out to the diner and then her and I went to a nail salon and got manicures and pedicures.
Quintiles changed
Quintile 2 is over. Quintile 3 starts tomorrow. I already wrote couple of detailed posts (here and here) about summer, saying goodbye to may and things to look forward to in June. But those were *month* specific… So, here we go.
Q2 ran from mid April to mid June.
Denmark trip – spring break ✅ T traveled to in London for Star Wars convention ✅ Take Your Child to Work Day – with L! ✅ Date with T ✅ Gardening ✅ Axe-throwing for friend’s birthday ✅ My birthday ✅ Brunch at H✅ Mother’s Day ✅ Memorial Day – 5 days off! ✅ Spa + facial twice ✅ Open enrollment at work ✅ Ordered quality skin care + started wearing sunscreen ✅Final exams for my students ✅ Blogged regularly ✅
❌ Awful GI issue after our Denmark trip ❌ Mom’s weekend away [for Mother’s day and my birthday] ❌ No tangible or consistent exercise ❌ No memorable meals
Heartbreak in Q2 was a friend passing from cancer. May his memory be a comfort to my friend and his sons.
This morning, I unpinned my Q2 document from my tool bar and replaced it with Q3. Here is what Q3 document has in it:
| House | Garden | Family | Self |
| Sand and paint the attic staircase Sand and paint the pantry Paint the front hallway staircase Walk around the house with a can of paint and touch up wear and tear | Maintain garden: water+weed Write down lessons learned for fall [transfer into Q4] | ~ Portugal and Spain road trip! ~Sandy Hook beach ~ Camping at Sandy Hook (?) ~Summer solstice at the house ~Picnics in Watchung Reservation ~Strawberry picking ~Peach picking ~Farms: sunflower etc. ~Amusement parks ~Jenkinsons Boardwalk ~Asbury park ~Travel ~Museums ~National parks | Poland trip! Read, blog, travel, exercise, learn to make new meals, maintain friendships. Pay it forward to future Daria. Do you. |
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