I volunteered to write a devotional for church – we get one every day in Lent, written by some volunteer. You are assigned a day and a verse from the lectionary for that day. Below is mine – this isn’t going out til April 2, but you all get a sneak peek! **** “[On] an…
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Shut It Down
As of 5 pm tomorrow, this entire state is to shelter in place per order of the governor, not leaving home except for “essential services.” We shut down, yo. This will not change our particular immediate circumstances much, since we’re already pretty much staying home except for groceries, but it’s going to absolutely jack up…
Schedule Update!
This is boring – feel free to skip – I’m mostly posting for my own reference here. We’ve switched up the schedule and also my jar of slips – there are certain slips we pull that we put back every time, and certain things that just haven’t been working well. Our academic blocks are too…
One Week Down, ??? To Go
It was exactly a week ago that we learned the boys would be out of school for the foreseeable future (likely the rest of the year, at this point). We put together a schedule and fumbled through our first week of togetherness, and here we are, one week done. Some thoughts, after our first week…
The Weirdest First Day Ever
I started my new job today. It was a unique experience, to say the damn least. It’s a testament to how quickly this whole pandemic escalated that when I chose this start date a week ago, I had no idea that I’d be starting a remote job. But here we are. It’s Saint Patrick’s Day,…