Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Fri-yay!! School for some, work for others. It’s still supposed to be raining today. It’s Senior night for the girls soccer, so I’m hoping the rain lets up a little around 6:00.

I'm working on my puzzle. It's 1000 pieces. It's a little hard.

I didn't make any candles this year. I should though.

That was lovely Susan. No pressure on the French horn guy or anything.

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Friday Eve!! And Welcome to February. Dom’t know where the dreaded Atmospheric River went, but we didn’t get rain over night like we were supposed to. Maybe it slowed down. Soccer games last night. I was able to watch middle DD’s JV game and they actually won. 3-1. About half the girls on the team had never played soccer before (including DD), and they played well last night. They communicated and passed the ball to each other. I was really proud of them. I had to go to church after that one, but DH came and watched oldest DD and the varsity team. The Varsity lost again. 8-0. They’ve really had a horrible season and I blame the coaching. They have a new coach and she’s pretty awful. Today….work as usual.

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Humph Day!! Atmospheric River is headed our way tonight. Man the lifeboats. Women and children first.

I'm not thrilled about the imminent approach of February, either. There's just something about the month that I don't like. It's too short to be a real month. I don't really trust it.

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Tuesday!! School for some, work for others. Yesterday was a fog delay for the girls. I wonder if it will be today. they were predicting a dense fog advisory last night, but it is clear as a bell this morning. Of course it was clear yesterday and we had a fog delay. Fog is kind of funny sometimes and some places get it and some won’t and the girls’ school has kids from all over the place. So, occasionally we have a fog delay and it’s not foggy here.

I made it through the day. Soup turned out good. just gotta make sure it is salty enough.

Also, salty tortilla chips make a good lunch.

I got a few errands done, which made me feel better. I got a chicken in the oven roasting. Ima make some chicken broth for soup tonight. Hopefully I can get a lot done for work this afternoon. So many little details. I feel like I’m being pecked to death by a chicken.

Now that is advice I could take. i have always wanted to do the Pacific Crest Trail (after reading “Wild”) and I figure if Cheryl Strayed could do it, so could I.

Good Morning!! COFFEE!!~D Monday!!😩😩😩 School for some, work for others. You know… parenting really sucks sometimes. There are so many instances where I just don’t know what to do. I really don’t. Sometimes there seems like an easy answer, but when you think about it, it’s not that easy or straightforward. And other people always seem to have an answer, but I’m not really sure they are actually right. I don’t know. I hate technology. I hate the pressures kids put on each other. Sometimes I just want to move to the wilds of Canada and escape from all this.

That game was absolutely insane.

Chiefs won. I'm kinda glad. Now...Niners and the Lions.

Good Morning!! COFFEE!!~D Sunday!! Church!! Sportsball!! I’m really in a quandary. I’m officially a Niners fan, but I had been cheering for the Lions all season, too, so I would feel bad cheering against them today. And then in the other side, I don’t like the Ravens at all, and I used to love the Chiefs, but that whole Travis Kelce/Taylor Swift thing ….I don’t know. It’s just getting kind of bleh. So….I don’t like the Chiefs now.

Dude….Nobody posted all night? Priorities, people. Priorities.

That sounds like fun, Susan. I actually cooked dinner tonight. Instead of just throwing something together to eat like I did all week. We had chicken marsala, butternut squash risotto, green beans with bacon and a dump cake with homemade ice cream for dessert. It was really good.

Went to the farm and raked leaves this morning. That should have been done a while ago, but we wanted all the leaves off the trees first. It was quite a job, but it looks a lot better and it felt good to get outside and work hard. DS hauled three trailer loads of leaves out to the plum orchard and dumped them.

I need to do that. The FAFSA. Not kicking the computer. Hopefully I won’t kick the computer. The lady at the meeting assured us it was a painless process. I just about stood up and said, “But my friend Susan said….” but I didn’t.

Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Saturday!! Didn’t really sleep in this morning. Oldest DD is leaving for a soccer game at the coast early this morning, so I wanted to see her off. I guess today will be a normal Saturday. Housework, grocery shopping.

Good Morning!! COFFEE!!~D Fri-yay!! School for some, work for others. I have 4 family meetings today. Two will be on Zoom because they are in the mountains and while the roads are likely clear and fine, neither DH nor I are excited about me driving up there after these recent storms.

Good Morning!! COFFEE!!~D Friday Eve!!! School and work!! My new phone is irritating me right now because it updated yesterday and now I can’t receive pictures or gifs. Half my families send their work samples via text, so this is a big problem. I tried googling everything yesterday, but to no avail. DH suggested calling our carrier, so I guess I will try that next. Wednesday night went well last night with the preschoolers. It was rainy and they couldn’t go outside for playtime. In years past that has been a recipe for chaos because nothing was planned for them to, but this year I told the Children’s Director I needed table games, which she provided and chaos was avoided. Big relief.

It’s raining. It’s been raining all morning. I had no idea. I left the house without a coat or anything and then realized it was raining. I told the girls it wasn’t going to rain.Hmph. I other news, I got Panda Express for lunch because #mynirthday.

Thank you!! thank you very much!!