The weather here in Connecticut officially feels like fall. The leaves are beginning to show the first signs of turning colors, and the temperatures are perfect for hiking. Last weekend I took the kids to Steep Rock Preserve in Washington, CT. We had never been there before, and I’m still kind of new to hiking, […]
Life at My House
How We Are Handling School This Year
The town we live in started off the school year with two options: a hybrid model of two days in school and three days remote, or five full days of remote. As you know, Number 4 (9th grade) is away at boarding school. She is super fortunate to be having full, in-person school. That leaves […]
My 51st Birthday
Today is my 51st birthday. I can’t believe I’m that old. I’ll say what everybody else says. I do NOT feel that old. Honestly I feel like a really wise and experienced thirty-year-old who is finally comfortable in her own skin, no longer gives a fuck about the judgments of other people, and who is […]
The First Week
It’s been a week since I watched Number 4 walk away from the existence we had known for the last fourteen years and into a new phase of life. Last Friday I dropped her off at boarding school for her freshman year of high school. This was not something I ever envisioned doing. I imagined […]
Fifteen Hours
In fifteen hours I’m leaving to take Number 4 to school. She starts her freshman year at the boarding school she worked her ass off to get into. When she discovered the school two and a half years ago, she decided she was going there for high school. We told her she could go, but […]
The Night Before The First Day Of School
Tomorrow is our first day of school. I just want to let all of you know something. Because I think there are some of you who could use a reminder right now. As I have scrolled through Facebook the last ten days or so, I’ve seen some pretty incredible distance learning setups shared by friends. […]