Weekend Report (Brief)

• Cross Country race #1 for our oldest.
• Husband went to get new strings for violin.
• Husband was working on putting together new furniture for mud room
• Trying new recipe: summer squash bake (delicious! lots of butter!)
• Costco (was meant as a quick stop on the way home from E's meet, but ended up, as usual, taking a while and loading up on some good food.
• Farmers Market (apples and peaches are amazing!)
• Figs are ripening on our tree - so delicious
• Picking tomatoes and cucumbers from our garden. And beans, too.
• Russian store (to stock up on pickled herring, pickled cabbage, candy from my childhood, jams, bread).
• Stopped by an Uzbek bakery - got some delicious bread.
• Dinner at a Georgian restaurant to celebrate my dad's birthday.

Reading: The Dissident

Watching: The Undoing

A Tiny Bit Overwhelmed

This week is insane. It is, in theory, a short week - we had Monday off. But it feels like it's been going on forever! There is so much going on: all kids starting school, E starting in his youth orchestra, 2 back-to-school nights at 2 different schools, on-going cross country practices and meets, soccer games starting on Saturday... 

It's all good stuff, but it's a lot of good stuff... 

And then there are all the birthdays and holidays. Today is my dad's birthday - we are celebrating on Sunday by taking my parents to a Georgian restaurant (so at least that's organized and ready to go - but now I'm having anxiety that the restaurant has lost our reservation). E's birthday is coming up in 2 weeks - we haven't planned anything yet (note to self: plan things this weekend). And Rosh Hashanah (and I should invite my parents over for dinner). And then Yom Kippur. 

Just taking deep breaths.

Everything will collapse into place.

All good stuff.

First Day of School (Mostly)

Two of our 3 kids are back to school today! The 9th grader has his first day of high school! The 4th grader has her first day back to the elementary school. The 8th grader will start tomorrow. 

They were excited. They were a bit nervous. The high school bus comes at 6:35am - that's early!!!

So yes, 3 kids, 3 different buses, 3 different schools.... It may be that it will be a while before we all have breakfast together.... Husband and I had breakfast with the oldest. I hung out with the youngest while she had her breakfast (her bus comes at 8:15). The middle child ate alone after I started working.

Actually, now that I think about it, with all the different schedules and activities, having meals together is going to require planning...