March.
March feels like it just started and it’s almost over - hopefully taking with it the snow, the cold, the flu, the “too muddy for outdoor recess”, the endless requests for hot chocolate, the climbingness of the walls. We are ready for April, ready for Spring, and ready for March to … March away. Speaking of Marching … WOW. How about the kids? The kids! Such narcissists, such teens - taking the issue of gun violence and violence in schools and making it all about them. Except …
Spring PLEASE.
Rumors of another nor’easter are swirling like snowflakes. The latest account says we will get something between rain and wind and snow (I leave my weather forecast needs to the Delaware Weather Guy Blog) and none of that sounds like what I really want in a forecast which is 55, sunny, and daffodils. Do I speak for all of us when I say … can this spring hurry up and spring already? I want to put the big bin of winter weather gear back into the storage bin and I want to open m
MVP
It was like zero dark thirty on #InternationalWomensDay and I was wrapping up work at the end of a long, long day that started with a two hour delay and ended with attending a child’s sporting event and a fundraiser for a sick friend. And I stumbled upon this article and it gave me a quiet comfort that I.am.not.alone. This working parent thing (really any parent thing) is a wild ride - and being the default parent means that your day is longer than you might like it to be -

“Can’t we just quit our jobs and work out for a living?”
“Can’t we just quit our jobs and work out for a living?” I woke up to this text a few years ago from one of my girlfriends I had met through CrossFit. She was kidding of course. Or was she??? She was 24, I was 42. Surely this was a more realistic goal for her than it would be for me. I had close to 20 years in the credit card banking industry. I was married with 2 kids. Sure, I had some coaching certifications under my belt, but what was I going to do? Quit my 6-figure
Hey Mother Nature
Hey, Mama. Can you give this girl a break? This bomb cyclone definitely got our attention what with the power outages, insane travel disruptions, and tree damage. I see that there is snow in the forecast for Wednesday (#WWMD) and it’s cute that you are keeping us on our toes, but it’s time to reign it in. If you keep this multiple-personality nonsense up, we’re going to have to take away your phone and enforce an earlier bedtime. Keep pushing us and you will lose time with fr