Life Lately
A hodge podge of stories, pictures and updates on life right now.
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First Day of School
Did your kids already have their first day back to school? We started today. Asha is in middle school for 6th grade with A and B days. Arjun starts 4th grade with the teacher he was hoping to get. Ajay is in 2nd grade with a new teacher that seems very nice. Boy! They sure…
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Home bound { Seattle, WA –> Raleigh, NC }
We are taking the red eye from the west coast to the east coast tonight. We get in around 5:00am eastern time on Monday morning, with a full schedule that includes middle school orientation, elementary school meet-the-teacher, work, and baseball practices. Back to reality, as one says. It is a little daunting. All of this…
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A walk in the neighborhood to celebrate the new year.
On the first day of 2024, the nearby Krispy Kreme beckoned as the kids and I were out for a walk in the neighborhood. We went inside the store only after they promised to forego their fancy doughnut choices for my dozen glazed. An order that normally takes 2-5 minutes, ended up being a 40…
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Happy New Year!
Crisp. Exciting. Fresh… … a few simple words that usually discribe my state of mind around this time of the year thanks to the powerful combination of my birthday celebration which follows shortly after celebrationing the new year. It’s hard not to be immensly positive and glow-y! My family from Charlotte came over to celebrate…
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Life’s Retorical Question # 4568785
Is it possible to parent without screaming? { As a reminder – this is a retorical question. Answering is frowned upon especially when the answer is yes! } I am thinking about this as I do on many mornings of getting kids where they need to go and getting myself where I need to go.…
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5 Things
How was your weekend? It was a big one for us, what with Mother’s Day and Arjun’s Birthday. Here are my 5 favorite highlights from a weekend that was full of so many satisfying moments. 1. Arjun Turns 8 As a mother, for me, time is now divided into tomorrow and “just yesterday”. Just yesterday…
The Antibland Chronicles 