Since I've turned 30, I am realizing that it's harder and harder to remember things that happen on a daily basis and the days, weeks, months, and years seem to all get jumbled together. For whatever reason, I can remember exactly what grade I was in when I bought my first pair of Umbro shorts, but I have no idea what I did when I was 23. Or 24. Or 25. So I've created this blog to help keep track of the things that happen in my life so that when I'm 50, 60, 70 years old, I can be reminded of what I did in my 30's.
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art projects
The goal is to get the living room art on the wall before Thanksgiving! It took lots of negotiation, lots of decisions, and lots of snafu management to get here, but I finally have 6 of the 8 pieces ready for the wall. The one I finished today took some finagling but it came out great at the end. I should have the 7th done by Friday and may have to reconsider the 8th if I'm going to reach my Thanksgiving goal. This project took forever and now I have to start thinking about the decorations for the upper shelves before I can even claim this room is done. The clock is ticking before I go back to work....
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facing fears
Hannah's gymnastics class always teaches new skills, pushes the kids, and is a true workout. If it weren't too obvious a distraction, I wish they would give the parents and option to try these things in out along side the kids. I would love to give it a try. Today they really pushed the kids - standing on the uneven bars, jumping on the trampoline to a seated position, and holding their hands overhead and falling backwards. They seemed unfazed. It was pretty great to watch.
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anxiety
I joined my parents at a meeting at MSK today, which was it's own source of anxiety. In parallel, Hannah was having her own, albeit much lower stakes, anxiety based day. All weekend she was dreading swim class today, and despite my best efforts to pump her up, I got a call from school that she was teary eyed, crying, and asking for me. The school wanted to know if anything was going on and it was ridiculous to have to say that I'm the terrible parent forcing my child to go to swim class...and of course, my trip to Manhattan meant that I was not going to be picking her up from school, taking her to the pool, or going to be with her until after dinnertime. Miraculously, the woman teacher she loves was subbing today, so all her freaking out was for nothing.
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staying local
Making the most of the continued nice weather, Hannah and I took a long walk today to the playground and stopped along the way at two stores we've never been to before. One was a "refillery" which is basically a zero-waste supermarket. Very reminiscent of certain elements of the Park Slope Food Coop - the same coop-y smell, the bulk foods, etc. It's intriguing but I'll see how the prices compare and if it's worth making a second stop on the weekly food shopping adventures. Our second store to visit was a new candle/rock store. A kind of store you never understand how they survive. Well, maybe because it's a new spot, but that place was packed. I underestimated the demand for spiritual-focused rock collections and the demand for DIY candle making, even though Hannah is a scented candle fanatic. I have no need to go back there but Hannah is already planning all the people she wants to make candles with...
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happiest child on earth?
Graham took Hannah to Disney on Ice today. I had to stay home because several people were coming by to buy various baby things I'm selling, but it was best for me to stay out of it and let Graham enjoy spoiling Hannah with ridiculous things that I wouldn't be on board with.
This picture says it all!
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fun friday, canceled/modified
Our weekly trip to NY was canceled this week. Hannah has a double ear infection so I don't want to drag her all over the place (and we're both recovering from lack of sleep two nights ago), and the drought has resulted in several fires that have left the air smoky and unpleasant. We kept busy inside all morning, went to a music class, and then finally the air had cleared. We were able to walk over to one of her classmate's houses for a playdate, and another classmate is their neighbor, so we had three very happy girls scootering like lunatics in the street.
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An offer has been made
I officially have a part-time job offer, with another on it's way in a few days. I can accept both offers since my time is limited and it seems to be a symbiotic relationship for everyone, so now the clock is ticking before I start working, likely next month. I have a million things on my home to-do list that I really need to get going on now! Exciting and terrifying.
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You dance, I dance
Hannah had her dance class today (and told the teacher about our driveway), and then I got to take a class with her teacher at night. It is close by, the teacher is great, and she is really trying to cultivate a "sisterhood" and community of women with added meditations after the class and a post-class cocktail hour next month. It's really nice to be in a dance class and I appreciate what she is trying to create, but it is not really what I'm hoping to get out of a class. Everyone comes with such a range of skills that it turns into a very slow and limited experience, but it's only once a month and for now it partially checks a box.
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New driveway day
It's not the most exciting home improvement, but we finally are crossing "repaving the driveway" off the list. At least it's more noticeable day to day than when we fixed the plumbing and electrical work. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, no project can proceed without a hitch. Right under the pavement, they hit and broke the electrical line to the garage, clearly not installed correctly. And then when they fixed the sidewalk, they broke the pipe draining from backyard to the street. And then found that it was completely filled with dirt and roots. Fun times.
Hannah is very much aware of what is going on and letting everyone know. "We are getting a new driveway because Daddy wants it flat"
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swim or vaudville?
Today was our second attempt at post-summer swim class.
It did not start well - sobbing and push back to even going to the class started at school pick up.
I finally got her in the pool with the promise that I would sit pool side.
She was on the edge of tears for 25 of the 35 minute class, but did so well. If she can get her nerves out of the way (or whatever is upsetting her), she could easily be swimming by next summer.
Her friends from school in the class are another story. I almost peed myself watching them in the class. Losing their googles, almost cutting off circulation to their ears trying to put on their goggles, belly flops when jumping in, pretending to be a fountain when doing the back float, general not paying any attention, and trying to think of warm things to keep warm in the pool (and yelling "hot noodles")...it was incredible.
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Day out
Today we went to see Graham's friends that used to live near my apartment in Brooklyn but post pandemic, moved to the Hudson Valley. They have no kids so I came prepared with a huge bag of activities for Hannah (that happened to also entertain Graham's friend Eric - he was incredibly happy to play with lanyard!). It was a long visit but really nice to catch up with them and turned out to be yet another helpful connection to a doctor that my mom plans to see next week. Despite being cooped up inside all afternoon, Hannah crashed in the car on the way home, and getting her up at 5:30 PM to eat and play for a few minutes before going back to bed proved not to be ideal...
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A moment
Hannah had no school on Thursday or Friday, and then on Saturday Graham was recording music with his band all morning. By the time Saturday afternoon, it was definitely time for him to take Hannah and leave the house. Daylight savings did not leave me much time to be outside after they left, nor did the smoky air resulting from the terrible combination of drought, wind, and brush fires, but I was happy to take the few hours to myself in any form.
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NYC for the day
After all these adventures I need to create a map of all the places we've been. Today we walked to the meatpacking district over to the waterfront and Little Island. Then we walked along the waterfront to Pier 26 to a unique playground that was so well designed and interesting.
After lunch we walked over to Canal Street and Broadway to see the Banksy exhibit, which was definitely NOT a great idea for children visitors. Pearl River was a more fun final stop before going home.
We wrapped up the night with a very exciting dinner at our friend Lila's house. Three kids vs one kid is a totally different experience and Hannah was having the time of her life!
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no school
NJ schools have off today and tomorrow. Lots of Hannah's classmate's parents signed them up for "mini camps". It never crossed my mind to do that for Hannah since I'm home anyway, but after today, I will rethink this for future years. I think Hannah would have much rathered to run around with other kids like she does at school than be at home with me. Or at least schedule a playdate. Lesson learned.
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the big day
We voted. And now we wait and refresh the NYT front page 50 times an hour. At least it's better than watching and listening to everyone on the television.
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Back to the pool
I coordinated with two other moms in Hannah's class who also wanted to sign their kids up for swim class, and we all agreed to sign up for the same class. I am hoping that the presence of her classmates will result in fewer issues at the pool, especially because I don't know if she'll have a male or female instructor.
I've been gearing her up for the class for a few days and felt like the excitement was building except for a hiccup a few nights ago when she woke up in tears at 2 AM and told me she didn't want to go to swim class...
So here we are, we made it to the pool. She was totally fine even though it's a male teacher (who we know and is very good). She did a great job and the only disaster was when she broke down in tears because she was freezing while waiting for her turn. I consider it a 75% success and may just need to size up in a wetsuit for the rest of the season.
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