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Q4 was short and sweet- two months. When Q4 started it was stressful mainly due to before/after care situation, but we made it work. A kind neighbor stepped in for mornings on the weeks when T was traveling, and both kids went into an accredited after care program at R’s preschool. All this shows that I stress wayyyy too much.
While I did feel overwhelmed when T was traveling and we were setting routines, all in all Q4 went well. Aftercare provides me with some breathing room to meaningfully close out the day without rushing from work to daycare as I did last year. In fact, this is the first year that I have some kind of buffer between work and picking the kids up.
Some things that come to mind from Q4:
Back to School processes and adjustments for both kids ✅
Aftercare for both kids ✅
BTS nights for me and the kids ✅
Many hikes in the reservation ✅
Fall decor for the house ✅
Booked Paris for a week with the kids ✅
Cleaner fell through ❌
Paid off Paris tickets ✅
Ripped out the ivy and dead plants from the summer ✅
Decorated the house for Halloween ✅
Hayrides and campfires at the reservation ✅
Hispanic Heritage project at my school ✅
Friend H’s birthday ✅
Transferred 403b to traditional IRA ✅
Made a 3D paper pumpkin for R’s preschool ✅
Gymnastics is going well! ✅
School in general is going well for both L and R ✅
Thinking about a road trip with Rainn in November 🤔
Everyone got their flu shots! ✅
L-tyrosine ❌ had to stop- making me rage- vomit
NJ Sick Day policy was a big win for New Jersey public employees Sick leave bill ✅
Q5 is also short – November and December. Time for reflection and celebration.
Some highlights include getting the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving, a show in November, a ballet in December, L’s 6th birthday, wrapping up the calendar year, and NaBloPoMo in November. The mind map is not very full and I plan on keeping it that way.
How did quintile 4 go for you? And, what do the last two months of 2023 have in stock for you?
Mom of Children 