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Hi! Hello! It's me again. I'm trying to set boundaries at work and carve out more time for myself and reading. I've missed blogging consistently, but teaching and mom-ing have taken over my life. I was getting to work early, staying late, and then trying to clean a house, cook dinner, and get the kids to their extracurriculars in the afternoons. It wasn't a sustainable schedule, so I'm trying to work within my contracted hours and not take it home with me. It wasn't fair to me or the kids.
My son came down with a nasty bug on Thursday and he hasn't fully recovered yet. Wednesday and Thursday we had Snow Days (no school), and then Friday felt like both a Monday and a Friday (awful). One of my girls started feeling sick Friday afternoon and the other caught it yesterday. I'm hanging on and hoping for the best (because I really don't want to make Sub Plans for tomorrow), so please keep us in your prayers.
We're looking to move back to Texas this summer and I am so excited. It will be nice being around family again for the first time in over a decade (minus the one year he was deployed and we moved back home). I'm sure they miss their grandkids, and it will be nice for my kids to have those relationships as everyone is getting older. I'm also excited about future date nights with my husband! It will be so easy to leave the kids with grandma and grandpa while we go have dinner or do something fun just the two of us. It's a win-win for everyone.
Previous Posts on the Blog:
- Firebird (The Fire That Binds, #1) by Juliette Cross, Narrated by Blair Dade and Kale Williams *review
- State of the ARC [38]
- This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1) by Ilona Andrews *review
- Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1) by Keri Lake, Narrated by James Cassidy and Melissa Barr *review
What I'm Currently Reading:
The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
🎧 Your Knife, My Heart (Dark Forces, #1) by K.M. Moronova
What I Plan on Reading Next:
What I'm Watching:
The kids and I are finishing up the last season of My Hero Academia. I watched and loved both Demon Slayer and Solo Leveling (the kids just started Solo Leveling, but I had to make sure it was appropriate first). We've also been watching May I Ask for One Final Thing? (the f word was used in one of the first episodes, but other than that it has been okay), and Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill. Campfire Cooking is ridiculous and the MC is a little frustrating. He has super strong familiars (because they like his cooking) but doesn't want to get stronger himself. He avoids dungeons and fights and lets everyone else do the work for him.
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Heroes is another one we're watching, but it's a little too ridiculous for me. Confessions of love and forever are a little hard to believe after a few episodes. I'm slowly making my way through the new season of Shield Hero (so good), and have to wait until my son can watch it with me. I feel like My Status as an Assassin is a knockoff version of Shield Hero.
Most recently I started Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (that's what the GIF is from) and the first few episodes are really sad. She doesn't realize how short human lives are because hers is so long, and she's surprised to see how much her previous party has aged over the last 50 years. I wish we could have seen some of their adventures prior to them defeating the demon king (which is the quest they're returning from at the beginning of the first episode), but I'm curious to see how the story progresses from here. I've heard really good things about it!
Challenge Updates:
- Audiobook Challenge: 18 / 30
- Goodreads Challenge: 25 / 100
- Physical TBR: 4 / 50
- NetGalley: 8 / 50
Good for you with the boundaries. Teaching will suck you dry if you don't do that. I struggled with it when I was teaching as well. I hope you get to move back to TX and that it all goes smoothly. I left Florida when my parents moved back north. I do miss my life there, but it was important to me that my daughter grew up around family like I did.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I remember living within a few hours of my grandparents and we visited all the time. I loved those relationships and appreciate them even more now that they're gone. I want my kids to have those same memories and opportunities.
DeleteTeaching is exhausting, lol. I love it though!
Your books look good. I hope you enjoy them. Good luck with your challenges. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you had a great week as well.
DeleteWelcome back! I hope your plans will go to fruition...and your kids will get well soon! It's great that you got the chance to move back to Texas next year - I hope it will be a long stay (will your husband ever get a permanent location?). And...are you seriously telling us that you god rid of 700 books??? I mean, it wasn't a hyperbole?
ReplyDeleteThey're on the mend! Only lingering coughs now. We're hoping this next location is our permanent location. We've made some adjustments and want the kids to be in the same place as they finish school. It would also be nice to teach in the same place for more than two consecutive years.
DeleteIt wasn't hyperbole. 😅
Nice to see you again. You definitely enjoy some of the same authors I do. I hope you will be able to find some balance in your life with multiple priorities.
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Thanks! Finding balance is hard when you're life is chaos. 😉
DeleteI miss watching anime with my son. 😔 We still have discussions because I can see what he's watching by looking at his My Anime List account, but it's not the same. 😌
ReplyDeleteYeah, slow down and don't work so hard. When you get to be my age it becomes evident your family life is,way more important. Don't feel guilty about it. 🤗
I hope the sickness in your house has started to wane. 🤒
I'm not ready for my kids to grow up. I love getting to do things with them while they still like me and want to spend time together, lol. At least I'm instilling a love of anime at an early age. 😉
DeleteThe sickness is definitely less intense. They just have lingering coughs now. ❤️
Your Knife, My Heart looks like a fun read! Good that you're trying to set more boundaries and I hope your kids will get better soon and that you don't catch it either!
ReplyDeleteI've really been enjoying it so far! I should finish it this weekend. My friend started it a little after me and is already finished, lol. She said the ending made her GASP, but thankfully book two is already available. No waiting!
DeleteThank you! I managed to dodge this illness for now. 🤞🏼
Ohhh moving back, fun :D And yes living close is so good at times, just drop of the kid and go
ReplyDeleteCan't. Wait.
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