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So yes, we went camping over the weekend

We talked about going camping last year, but it never happened. I am terrible at stuff like this, doing something we’ve never done before – especially if it means making phone calls to make reservations or something. I get very anxious about trying new things and it frustrates me greatly. We rarely did new stuff […]

Not more change

“You know, she did it again this morning,” Gem told me over the phone during the day yesterday. “She put her hand over the seat belt so I couldn’t unbuckle her and get her out of the car to go to school.”
“Again? What is going on with her?” It was more of a rhetorical question […]

I’m on the rebound

Lately, I have noticed that I have been in a good mood a lot more than I have been in a bad mood. What makes my being in a better mood lately even more amazing is that I seem to be doing well during one of the most stressful times of my life. Between selling […]

I don’t know how he lives like that

It took almost 2.5 hours to get into work this morning – all of it standing up so I didn’t get a chance to write on the train. However, I am on my way home and there is a lot to write about from this weekend. Let’s start with my grandfather.
For the first time in […]

Making the best of it

It was an interesting moment. It was Saturday, Los Tres Amigos Sabado, and my Okapis were not behaving well at all. They were tired because they are not getting enough sleep (still trying to adjust to life without nap) and they were cranky. Elijah wouldn’t get dressed but wanted to go out for breakfast. Jordyn […]

Excavating and integrating while living simultaneously

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of sitting next to my friend I met on the same train over two years ago. While there was almost nothing new I could tell her about my life because she reads – even subscribes – to Two Okapis, it did give her a little chance to comment on […]