Book-Geek

It was the beginning of summer, my husband was working from home, I started working three full days, the kids transitioned from remote learning to each taking a Vlacs course, so I decided to take another crack at finishing my degree online.  It sounded all so progressive, romantic even.  It felt like I was pulling off something a superhuman blogging mom would do.  Winning! It sucked.  I thoroughly enjoyed the learning.  I did not enjoy teaching myself or the logistics of the class itself.  It felt like simply navigating through all the moving parts was a full time job and it occupied all my spare time and energy.  Being who I am, I assumed that A. It was my fault and B.  I would get better at it.  Wrong! My second class just started and I was all pumped to write a paper on the failed Equal Rights Amendment when I had an epiphany.  Actually no.  That isn't right.  I started the class, got extremely confused, panicked, doubted m...

Balance comes in many forms I figured out how to turn the DVD player on. Winning! Then there was this... CNN: Trump says he wants the country 'opened up and just raring to go by Easter,' despite health experts' warnings. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/politics/trump-easter-economy-coronavirus/index.html I finally got a few projects checked off my list. Winning! And then the fire alarm went off because a breaker tripped. I figured out which breaker and reset it all by myself! Winning! My husband set up online cribbage with his 90 year old dad so they can play and not risk my father in law's health. Yes, he is that kind of guy! Due to the cribbage, we were a tad bit late for our family walk and the dog took off at the end to follow a fresh deer trail. We found her an hour later in the pitch dark. Due to that little unexpected extra walk, I managed to log 15k steps today. Winning! That is 5 ups and 3 downs. I'll take it! This little 11 year old, one ...