This year seems to be going by in a blur. If I thought January was like that, February showed me how much more blurry the days can get. So much for feeling more settled. I would say March might do the trick but I am going to Zurich in the middle of March for a week and I am not sure what that will do to my schedule and ability to get back to being organized.
I am finding myself spinning my wheels a lot this year so far. I feel quite out of sorts. I am doing many things I am proud of but I am also not doing some things that I really really want to focus on and that’s making me feel frustrated with myself. I wish there was some trick that could help me get back on some type of routine.
In the spirit of keeping tabs on my priorities and goals weekly, here’s some of what worked and didn’t work this week so far:
Worked Well:
- I feel like I am staying on top of my art/projects for the most part.
- I am trying to go back on the exercise plan.
- I still love teaching math to the boys.
- I’m still spending a lot of time with David and Nathaniel, working and playing.
- We started a daily 30-min reading time together where all 3 of us sit and read quietly.
- I am co-organizing a mother-son book club for David’s class.
- Took David to Orlando!
- We had a lot of fun in Santa Cruz together.
- I did a tiny bit more journaling
- I spent some time getting organized, let’s see if it pays off
- All things health and exercise have been on a major decline.
- Still feeling disorganized and not-grounded.
- Also feeling really tired and a lot of back pain, I need to focus on my health a lot more starting this week.
- I’ve been feeling down, sad, disorganized, and frazzled.
Here are a few more photos from the last two weeks:
Two weeks ago was David’s 10th birthday. I wanted to do something special for him so I surprised him by pulling him out of school on the Friday before his birthday and the two of us flew to Orlando to visit Universal Studios so he could see Harry Potter land. Our flight there was delayed by quite a few hours due to high winds at SFO so we sat at the airport for several hours while he listened to music and I listened to my book.
By the time we got in and checked into the hotel, it was 2am. We woke up just a few hours later to make sure we could be there right when the park opened. Here’s David reading the brochure on the shuttle.
My camera was dead on the first day so I took most of our photos on the phone and posted on my instagram account. We started with Diagon Alley.
and then took the train
to Hogsmeade.
the next day, my camera was working so I made him pose by the door.
and everywhere else.
after we were done with harry potter, we went to some of the other fun locations
he liked the comicbook town.
after two days filled with fun and adventure, we got back home and had to return back to life. But only for four days because the kids started their winter break that friday. We were originally going to go to Los Angeles, but I felt wiped from Orlando and really wasn’t ready to go anywhere. So, instead, we decided to have fun locally. We went to Santa Cruz and bowled.
i did quite badly.
the big boys played video games.
they had a minigolf with a section with black light, it was really fun.
it was a really sunny and beautiful day
on Tuesday, we went to see an IMAX movie at the Tech Museum and walked around Santana Row. And then Wednesday we went to see the SpongeBob movie. It was a low key but also fun week. Then it was time to take family photos.
Nathaniel was on a roll.
always smiling.
silly face time.
nonstop fun for the little boy.
and a crazy attempt at tickle time.
and here we are. Another full week. I am so grateful for my life.
Weekly Diary is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here.
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