With a little one, I’ve learned that if I don’t plan to leave the house in advance, I just won’t. There are so many excuses to draw on: it’s cold, it’s dark, it’s raining, there are chores to do, we’re already deep in the game, I think the flu is going around, it’s probably too … [Read more…]
You know how when you take a Peloton class they always congratulate you for coming? I want that in my everyday life. I want the gate agents to clap when we get to the gate. I want the waiters to bring a piece of cake because we arrived at the restaurant five minutes before our … [Read more…]
I don’t remember “Christmas lights” being a thing when I was a kid, but to be honest, I swam competitively from grade school all the way through college, and winter swim season usually doesn’t mean much else. Now, however, it seems like every institution is having some kind of Christmas lights festival, whether it’s explicitly … [Read more…]
Confession: The idea of sharing a room with my toddlers while traveling scares me. My solution is always to book a vacation rental or hotel suite with more space, both to keep the kids separate and so my husband and I don’t have to quietly tiptoe around the dark in a paranoid stupor, trying not … [Read more…]