Powering up the personal laptop before bed to squeeze in one more post in this short month. January was 675 days long and February felt like a single week. I'm not sure which is better, but hello to March I guess?
1. Severance Season 2 is so, so good. Don't tell James but I already watched every episode available this season, which is why I can blog while we're watching episode 4 right now on the couch.
2. My new/used treadmill is the only thing that keeps me from living an entirely sedentary life and I save my TV watching for that 30 minutes I walk on a 14% incline at 3.3 mph and sweat more than it seems I should.
3. Other shows I'm loving: Mythic Quest (all caught up!) and The Pitt (so good, frequently emotionally ruinous, I have to space it between the sometimes sharply funny MQ).
4. I am so grateful I'm 3 years out from the SEC, but I am devastated for my friends and former colleagues who are still there, trying to do good work, while they are demonized and their lives made uncertain by a chainsaw wielding psychopath. I feel survivor's guilt every time I read another update. It's so awful and there are so many wonderful people in all sorts of agencies doing excellent, important work who are now unemployed and facing uncertainty and hardship. Unemployment + uncertainty + lack of regulation + lack of investment in science/peopel -- all things that usually really help stimulate economies.
5. Landon got 2nd at State in the 100 fly and it was wonderful and so fun to watch.
My parents met us in Austin to watch the meet and we were all screaming in the stands when he swam in finals. He was 6th at the 50 and then just killed it in his back half to come in 2nd. So proud! He's been trying to break 50 all season and went a 49.46 which is just amazing. (In the video below he's lane 6, 3 up from the bottom of the pool, white cap.)
He also had a 50 free swim off that was SO exciting. He lost by 0.01, but he went a best time at 20.75 - his goal time for the season was to break 21 - so he wasn't disappointed.
And so my baby Landon ended up with a silver medal at Texas state his junior year of high school, just exactly like I did in 2000. Like mama, like son. It makes me all teary-eyed.
6. I turned 42 on Tuesday. I realized about a month ago that I've been telling everyone I'm 42, and writing 42 on any and all forms that ask for my age, for a year, so actually turning 42 felt very anticlimactic. Was I ever 41 if I never realized I was?
It was actually a lovely celebration. My parents came here after Landon's state meet, arriving in Dallas with us late Saturday night. On Sunday my mom and I did our traditional birthday shopping at the clearance Dillards in Irving. We had a blast, as we always do.
Me, in the shoe section: “The thing is I don’t actually need any shoes.”
Mom, scoffs: “Rebecca, what a ridiculous thing to say.”
(She bought me 3 pairs as my birthday present)
That night we went out for a nice dinner, with all 3 kids, for the first time.
I wore a new dress I bought with my birthday money from my grandparents and I love it so very much.
7. Claire went to a Valentine's Dance with her friends. The theme had something to do with fairytales so each girl was inspired by a princess. Claire was Cinderella.
8. I got my mammogram done today and finally made the colonoscopy appointment I was told to do last July at my executive physical. My in-office GI visit is in May and I should have the colonoscopy after that. Yay, I guess.
9. While in Austin I drove over to San Antonio with my parents to visit our great-grands. My Grandpa Jim is doing really well! He looks so good and so enjoys our visits and conversation.
My sweet Grandma Mary is almost entirely lost to us. For the first time ever she didn't recognize my mom's voice or seem to know who she was. She doesn't leave her bed and never opened her eyes. Her body looks good- they take incredible care of her, but she largely gone. It's so very hard to mourn someone you loved so much while she is still here and you feel you shouldn't be mourning yet.
10. My outfits continue to bring me great joy. My favorite part is how so many of the pieces Ayron styles are ones I've owned for years. I so rarely buy new items now that I get to see so many new ways to style my old ones.
11. My sweet friend Shelly sent me flowers for my birthday and they also brought me great joy, so I'm going to end with them here.
February you're my favorite month and you're already gone. March, be gentle, please.
Ooh I have a weighted vest I use when I walk the lake now, but I like the plate concept. Right now I'm working on my inclines so as soon as that feels a little easier I'll start adding weight!
I do and it is the very sweetest. It's from my mom's parents, my Grandpa Glenn who passed away in 2023 and my Grandma Mary who is largely gone from us, by my mom administers the finances of their estate, ensuring all the bills are paid, and my Grandpa made very clear before he died that continuing to pay the family for their presents at birthdays and Christmas was important to them and it is such a beautiful thing. My Grandma always took her buying and sending of cards as such a top priority, and while she can't do that anymore, it makes us all happy every birthday to pick out something from them and know how much they loved hearing what we chose. <3
I should add that even though we can't tell them anymore, we do always try to pick something a little special- something we might not have treated ourselves to without their gift- and it helps keep them alive with us.
so lovely. mu husbands aunt died a while back and left all the nieces and nephews a small sum, i was determined to make sure it didnt just get swallowed up so we used it to buy a piano which two of the kids play. i think of her when they play it, shed be delighted at her present i think
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Grab a ruck plate carrier (I have the goruck with the rogue echo plates because they curve) for your treadmill workouts - you will love it!
ReplyDeleteOoh I have a weighted vest I use when I walk the lake now, but I like the plate concept. Right now I'm working on my inclines so as soon as that feels a little easier I'll start adding weight!
DeleteHappy birthday belated, dear Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
DeleteYou still get birthday money from your grandparents? How sweet!
ReplyDeleteI do and it is the very sweetest. It's from my mom's parents, my Grandpa Glenn who passed away in 2023 and my Grandma Mary who is largely gone from us, by my mom administers the finances of their estate, ensuring all the bills are paid, and my Grandpa made very clear before he died that continuing to pay the family for their presents at birthdays and Christmas was important to them and it is such a beautiful thing. My Grandma always took her buying and sending of cards as such a top priority, and while she can't do that anymore, it makes us all happy every birthday to pick out something from them and know how much they loved hearing what we chose. <3
DeleteI should add that even though we can't tell them anymore, we do always try to pick something a little special- something we might not have treated ourselves to without their gift- and it helps keep them alive with us.
Deleteso lovely. mu husbands aunt died a while back and left all the nieces and nephews a small sum, i was determined to make sure it
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we used it to buy a piano which two
of the kids play. i think of her when they play it, shed be delighted at her present i think
Wow, that is some next level estate planning! How lovely.
DeleteHappy Birthday from a long-time reader! 🧁🎉
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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