Sara Joy

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Relieved face

Just come out of what has felt like a long period of constant low level stress.

Kidding, it's still there. Just not as urgent and noisy as it was! And the sun is shining.

4 months ago

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Enjoying

  • Sleep, when I can get it!
  • My kids getting better at playing together... Sometimes. Ish.
  • The beginnings of summer. Between the rains...

Doing

  • Parenting. Working. Parenting. Sleeping. Repeat. Occasionally a treat.
  • Some public speaking! I've been giving some web development talks and it's a good time, if very stressful just beforehand!

Reading

I got my reading mojo back :)

I finished SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard.

I felt the need to learn a bit more about Rome since the eldest started reading Asterix! It's interesting, and amusing - it's even going into the history that the Romans (in wishful thinking a lot of the time) told themselves about their own origins. I now feel a little more informed.

I then went on a big young adult (or younger) fiction kick with Philip Reeve - discovered him through an adorable series of books called Adventuremice that we've been reading to our children! Anyway, he also writes YA, and I've blasted through these series:

  • Mortal Engines (Plus 3 prequels. Don't bother with the movie.)
  • Railhead (Trains! In space!) Both series have been enjoyable, I like a good sci-fi/fantasy series.

During a trip to Portland, OR., of course I visited Powell's and came home with a number of books, one of which was "The Long Mars" which said Terry Pratchett on the cover, so I was like, ooh! New unknown-to-me Pratchett book!

Well, it turns out it was a series of 5 books - awesome! I'm currently on book 2, The Long War (turns out Long Mars is book 3, Long Earth is book 1). The premise is super interesting, I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

Watching

  • Octonauts - I actually really like the Octonauts! Particularly the long Barrier Reef special
  • I could do with less of some of the other stuff they're watching lately... Ha. It's OK, just blah.

And for the "grownups":

  • We watched Andor series 1, then crashed out of Disney and back to Netflix just before series 2. We'll save it for next time...
  • Um. What did I watch on the plane to and from the US? Oh, Barbie! That was great fun.

Want-to-watch:

If I ever find the time...

  • RRR (I did start it, but the first few scenes are so confronting that I didn't get very far)
  • TETRIS
  • Last Night in Soho
  • Barbie [done!]

Making

A little CSS Zen Garden style thing for the 11ty base blog: https://11tytheme.sjoy.lol

All sorts of other little unfinished ideas...

Wanting

  • A bit of time in which I don't feel guilty doing absolutely nothing
  • A sense of who I am when I am not mama
  • A future without climate disaster for my children and everyone else's children
  • Photographic memory so I can remember all the cool CSS stuff without having to look it up
  • Less guilt about living far away from both my parents
  • A little less of the war and politics, please World

Looking forward to

  • Summer warmth

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