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Q is for Quiet Time #AtoZChallenge
I have been really busy since the pandemic started. I am always really busy but it's been shocking just how busy I am even when I'm not leaving home to go anywhere. A lot of...
It’s Monday and P is for Psychotherapy! #IMWAYR #AtoZChallenge
That's right: It's a hybrid post. What I thought was motion sickness today was really just a migraine set up, so I don't have it in me to write two separate posts. If you're...
O is for Obligations #AtoZChallenge
I'm glad I still have things to do. My biggest obligation right now is, of course, my job, which will get its own letter. But besides actual teaching, I'm actually a little...
N is for Naps #AtoZChallenge
Can you believe I almost couldn't figure out what to pick for N? I mean, honestly. I am a champion napper. I was before the pandemic, and I probably will be after the...
M is for Meal Planning Service #AtoZChallenge
Regular readers of the blog know that I have a medical condition that requires a lot of food restrictions. I can't eat a lot of things that are considered staples, and the...
L is for Letting Go of Perfectionism #AtoZChallenge
I hinted at this in my knowing my limits, flexibility, and even my Instagram posts for this challenge, so I'm just going to go ahead and admit it in full right here: I am a...
K is for Knowing My Limits #AtoZChallenge
I hit a wall in week two of the Safer at Home order. Then I hit a wall during week three. See, what happened is that I was actually doing too much, still. Too much talking to...
J is for Jeopardy! #AtoZChallenge
More specifically, the Jeopardy! production schedule. (Also, as a note, I will not be using the exclamation point going forward. But as always, I want to acknowledge that it...
I is for Instagram #AtoZChallenge
I joined Instagram in *checks first post* 2014 and since then, I have made exactly eight posts. See, the thing about Instagram is that I don't get it. I mean, I get it. But I...