![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Sep. 19th, 2023 11:22 amThe kids have a day off today! Lucky that Nicole talked to Kimberly yesterday and she mentioned it. It was NOT on our radar screen. I have to laugh at us sometimes. I was like, "Nicole! We have to do better!" But, what's the funniest part of all of this is that *I* am the one who consistently reads the school newsletter and *I* missed it.
It's a teacher workday so that they can go shopping for all the things they need for Fall Trip. Which is NEXT WEEK. Oh my goodness, how the time is flying by already! These months are always so busy. This first half of the school year/last quarter of the calendar year happen at double speed.
I was hoping to find some flexibility in my day to go to the comic book store with them, but alas. It is not meant to be. I have some fire drills to care for and meetings all day. But it's fine. Nicole is planning a fun day. They just left to go on a little hike with the dog, then will come home to have lunch and go out shopping afterwards. I'm so, so grateful to parent with Nicole and that she gets to be this amazing stay at home mom who can do these fun things with our kids. All. Good. Things.
Moment of gratitude for living a life I didn't know if I'd ever get. Makes giving up my lunch for a supplier site training tool demo worth it today ;)
I had so many things I wanted to write about this morning and was surprised by an 8:30 on my calendar. I barely had time to pull myself together before the meeting because no kids being up allowed me a false sense of leisure this morning. Sheesh. But again, all is well. And I get to wear my new pink jean jacket today because the day started in the 50s, I opened my office window and just enjoyed the cool start to the day.
I'm starting to prep for intense travel and commitments over the next several weeks. Things like buying makeup - I routinely surprise myself by how Femme-y I am when getting ready for things like this. I didn't like the Almay foundation I tried because it consistently turned yellow on my skin ... which I later learned means that I have a cooler skin undertone and that 'neutral' skin tones can lean one way or the other. Which ended me up at Clinique again, searching for a cooler neutral foundation. Which led to a lipstick. Which then reminded me to go onto amazon and replace my fancy french eyelash curler that finally had a spring break ... and then new tweezers because mine keep disappearing.. (Ahem, NICOLE.)
Nicole just good naturedly listens to me ramble about makeup and clothes with a "Whatever you need, dear." approach. Long, suffering wife. But I do occasionally look like a Corporate Queer and she LOVES that. So. Win win.
I'm in a better place with my boss after implementing some changes and in my meeting with her today, she gave me many compliments about the shift in communications I've made and the work I'm leading. So. All good there. Positive shift in the universe that's given me a little more confidence and a boost I needed.
Okay. Off I go to continue tackling the day. It's already noon and I've just managed to grab little moments here to keep this entry afloat this far.
It's a teacher workday so that they can go shopping for all the things they need for Fall Trip. Which is NEXT WEEK. Oh my goodness, how the time is flying by already! These months are always so busy. This first half of the school year/last quarter of the calendar year happen at double speed.
I was hoping to find some flexibility in my day to go to the comic book store with them, but alas. It is not meant to be. I have some fire drills to care for and meetings all day. But it's fine. Nicole is planning a fun day. They just left to go on a little hike with the dog, then will come home to have lunch and go out shopping afterwards. I'm so, so grateful to parent with Nicole and that she gets to be this amazing stay at home mom who can do these fun things with our kids. All. Good. Things.
Moment of gratitude for living a life I didn't know if I'd ever get. Makes giving up my lunch for a supplier site training tool demo worth it today ;)
I had so many things I wanted to write about this morning and was surprised by an 8:30 on my calendar. I barely had time to pull myself together before the meeting because no kids being up allowed me a false sense of leisure this morning. Sheesh. But again, all is well. And I get to wear my new pink jean jacket today because the day started in the 50s, I opened my office window and just enjoyed the cool start to the day.
I'm starting to prep for intense travel and commitments over the next several weeks. Things like buying makeup - I routinely surprise myself by how Femme-y I am when getting ready for things like this. I didn't like the Almay foundation I tried because it consistently turned yellow on my skin ... which I later learned means that I have a cooler skin undertone and that 'neutral' skin tones can lean one way or the other. Which ended me up at Clinique again, searching for a cooler neutral foundation. Which led to a lipstick. Which then reminded me to go onto amazon and replace my fancy french eyelash curler that finally had a spring break ... and then new tweezers because mine keep disappearing.. (Ahem, NICOLE.)
Nicole just good naturedly listens to me ramble about makeup and clothes with a "Whatever you need, dear." approach. Long, suffering wife. But I do occasionally look like a Corporate Queer and she LOVES that. So. Win win.
I'm in a better place with my boss after implementing some changes and in my meeting with her today, she gave me many compliments about the shift in communications I've made and the work I'm leading. So. All good there. Positive shift in the universe that's given me a little more confidence and a boost I needed.
Okay. Off I go to continue tackling the day. It's already noon and I've just managed to grab little moments here to keep this entry afloat this far.
