Today, Annika shared a picture of her chicken alter-ego. It's a blue chicken with an iron beak that can eat anything and his name is Hozay. It's pronounced Jose, but it's spelled Hozay. When she plays farm at recess with her friends, she becomes Hozay, a legendary chicken. This delights me. It was good to … Continue reading March 9: Feeling Lost. And Chickens.
Spring Break
March 6: Progress
I told Dak, "this spring break sucks." He said I say that every year. I guess I do, but it's true. Every year, it seems like I sprain my ankle, or I have a bad cold, or something else happens. This year, a snow storm and a snow day and an infection are the problem, … Continue reading March 6: Progress
March 5: I know, it could be worse…
I cannot get a break, even though it's supposed to be spring break. First, all the schools got snow days, but not me, because I'm already on break. The kids got snow days. But no one told Annika, so she woke me up at 8 a.m. to get her breakfast, so I got up and … Continue reading March 5: I know, it could be worse…
March 4: Snow Days for Spring Break
One of my favorite memories of being a kid was waking up on a really snowy day and wondering if we'd have a snow day. My sister and I would huddle in my mom's room, listening to WCCO AM radio as they listed off the school closings between weather updates and commercials. When there were … Continue reading March 4: Snow Days for Spring Break
March 3: Spring Break
It's spring break. It doesn't feel like spring break because I have a lot of work still to do and it's snowy and still pretty cold. However I did sleep in very late and went to see The Black Panther finally. I loved it. I'm still thinking a lot about it, but I'm going to … Continue reading March 3: Spring Break
Adventures in Distraction 