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Random Life Update
We are experiencing Second False Spring here in Minnesota, which means that it’s currently 50 degrees (fleece weather! my favorite!) but also there is snow in the forecast next week. Despite the inviting weather, I am currently occupied by my favorite afternoon activity: shutting myself up in the den with both doors closed, the space
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Report on Resolutions, Month 2
It’s time for another report on how Casey’s resolutions are going. Recall that this year my resolutions are twofold: This month I am happy to report that I actually met my fitness and nutrition goals. And, as if the universe was trying to double down on the message, my last workout of the month (on
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ASL I Learned in February
Fine (can be used as a response to “thank you”) Interpreter Teacher Sick Where Phone Help (as in “how can I help you?) Hot Cold Lunch Delicious Lucky Sorry Stop Wait Squirrel Science Music Dance Fire Clean Doctor Color Broken Printer How do you sign…?
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Out of Place
I had a weird Saturday. We had a nice family trip to one of the local Asian supermarkets. Our goals: to find some snacks that we fondly remember from our trip to Japan last summer, and to acquire mochi donuts. The kids and I were discussing this Asian market and how it compared to one
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All the lifetimes
One thing that has surprised me about life is how many different lifetimes I am actually fitting into this one life. I am only 42 years old, but here are, approximately, all the lifetimes I have lived: 1983-1992: Pre-divorce childhood 1992-1998ish: Post-divorce childhood 1999-2002: High School 2002-2006: College 2006-2012: Young adult years in New York
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Report on Resolutions, Month 1
This year I couldn’t decide on a new year resolution. Am I always trying to improve my eating habits and exercise more? Yes. And I find it so utterly boring. It’s a major part of my life that needs work, yes, but God isn’t there more to life than Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30? So
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Influenza
(Written last Saturday, 1/24.) Influenza A has come for my family. My youngest woke up with pink cheeks last Sunday morning: red flag. Temperature in the 99s: not a fever, but definitely a red flag. Flu season: red flag. I dug up a covid/flu test and within thirty seconds the diagnosis was in: influenza A.
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That time that one of my kid’s stuffed Yoshis stood on my head and controlled me as if we were in the movie Ratatouille except I don’t like cooking.
YOSHI IS THE BEST YOSHI IS THE BEST YOSHI IS THE BEST YOSHI IS THE BEST BETTER THAN ALL THE REST YOSHI IS THE BEST YOSHI IS THE BEST YOSHI IS THE BEST ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES YOSHI EVEN COOLER YOSHI IS STILL THE BEST
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Chaos outside, chaos inside.
I am really struggling with work lately. I wrote back in December about how work was getting both easier and harder. Now it’s just harder. The surge of ICE agents in Minnesota has had a profound effect on my school. It was bad in December, and it has been far worse since January 7. I
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Nativity Set Sentimentality
We had a small Christmas tragedy mid-December when my cat jumped on the piano and knocked one of the three wise men to the floor, shattering the entire lower half of his body. Actually, it didn’t feel like a tragedy when it happened. Partially because it was like 6:20 AM and I was frantically trying