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Summer Strategy
We are adjusting to our new summer routines around here. So far we have gone on three outings: I am slowly remembering how to do this summer parenting gig. The first day, on the trip to the zoo, I informed the children that they needed to pack their own water bottles because I wasn’t going…
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Some Stuff
I feel like I’ve become very “one note” and boring recently. I hate that. I feel like there was a time when I had a lot of interesting things to say. I would like to get back to that. I have been driving one of my kids back and forth to a day camp in…
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Report on Resolutions, month 5
I’m sorry this blog has become so boring! I fear that I’ve become a little boring in these past months, and life has certainly felt way too busy and way too chaotic lately. I think the end is in sight? We have our college reunion this weekend and a family wedding the next weekend and…
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Report on Resolutions, Part 4
I am posting this a day early because we have a busy second half of the week and busy weekend ahead of us. I originally committed to reporting on my resolutions here in ye olde blog to provide myself with some level of accountability. But it’s starting to feel a little boring, and almost a…
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Your body is not the problem
Everyone around me is shrinking, and this is starting to feel like an extinction event. Please give me some grace here as I make some difficult statements that reflect my reality and may not reflect your lived experience. Everyone around me is shrinking. At first it was just celebrities and influencers. That was hard enough!…
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That time I thought I was going to die on a water slide
I wasn’t very excited about traveling over spring break this year. I’m not a good traveler to begin with, and it felt like last year we did too much traveling too many times. This trip actually went quite well, and I think it’s because I was the man for most of it. Let me explain.…
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Report on Resolutions, Month 3
Recall that I have yearlong nutrition/fitness goals which renew every month, and an additional resolution theme for each month. My additional resolution theme this month was writing, and yeah… I would say this was a big failure. I blame Past Casey, who we all know is the worst and definitely the cause of most of…
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Autism Strikes Again
I brought the car to the car wash today, the really nice one that does all the interior work for you. This is a task that my husband used to do all the time, but now that I have the car 99% of the time the task falls to me. Apparently I have never actually…
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Sick, Again
I am sick. I was sick all weekend, that kind of sick where you’re miserable but not actually sick enough to just stay in bed. I woke up feeling even worse this morning; I thought at first that it was just the time change. I often feel a little sick if I get up too…
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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…