Overall: feeling good. I had a few frustrating situations at work, but all of that has been resolved. The administration supported me and determined that hard work is to be on behalf of the student and is for student’s long-term benefit.
Reading: a new book called “Tapping In” by L. Parnell. In essence, you use visualizations and memories while doing bilateral tapping on your knees, the sides of your legs, or your shoulders. I have done EFT tapping before, for anxiety, and this kind of bilateral tapping is similar. In a very simplified way, say you have an unpleasant situation (example: a difficult conversation), you bring to mind someone who is NOT a people pleaser and who does not have problems saying no, then you sit with that visual for a while then start tapping/softly drumming on your knees or shoulders. Apparently, it is related to the EMDR technique that is sometimes used to treat PTSD.
Eating: Polish kielbasa, sour kraut, and broccoli. Washing it all down with hot tea.
Celebrating: My son R on his first year of pre-school!! His pre-school had their moving up ceremony today, and it was so sweet! They performed three songs, then we could go into their class, take pictures and spend some time with the kids. They even had a marine theme: “we all are separate fishes, but we swim together, in one school.” I’m paraphrasing, of course. Ah, so good. To be clear, while it’s called a moving up ceremony, it’s more of a moving along ceremony. R is not going to kindergarten next year – too young. All kids are to be 5 by October 1st of a school year but he is a January baby. So another year of pre-school it is. I don’t mind. His teachers at this pre-school were amazing, he is learning, and it’s completely free.
Enjoying: the patio set [again]. Today, I came back from the moving up ceremony, I sat outside for a long time, reading, having tea, eating, texting. I even took a nap. Then the city showed up to trim the tree down the road, and they woke me up. Wahhhh lol. I seriously needed a down day, where I did very little but spent time reading and just…being.
Looking forward to:
~ tomorrow! It’s my last day of work. I will wear my doctoral gown, heels, and see some of my students graduate high school! I will not cry, I promise, but I will feel emotional. After tomorrow, summer officially starts for me. The kids still have almost two weeks of school.
~ Saturday! My sister friend H birthday celebration at a restaurant.
~ Sunday! Father’s Day! We have a surprise for T but, mainly, he will spend time working on his models and playing video games. The kids and I will probably go to the beach after breakfast.
Mom of Children 