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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 155: Yesterday was such a bad day with JB that the funk has followed me into today. I just want to lay my head down and be left alone for hours. Naturally,...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 162: We’re still cautious about in person school but we’re also well aware that unlike our friends across the country, our district has at least some of the...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 169: Oh Monday. PiC took the 630-930 am shift so I could take JB to school and then try to get some work done. I’m doing my best to stay focused in the time...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 176: I’m feeling so conflicted. Day to day, I feel like we have more than enough to share more generously with people who need a helping hand. Everyone...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 183: Ow. Spiritually: I had a dream about dead loved ones being alive and that always hurts my soul. Emotionally, I’ve been reading Codependent No More and...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 190: I woke up and realized it was Monday. Boo. But it doesn’t feel terrible right off the bat. Especially since Smol managed to sleep til 615 and PiC took...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 197: What a day. Up three times to the piercing screams of a Very Sad Baby with a low grade fever, even though PiC was going to cover, because I can’t sleep...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 204: I don’t know why but I notice that I’m irritated by effusive reactions over how terribly I feel from relatives who choose not to vaccinate (not to be...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 218: Huzzah!! Smol made it through the night to 6 am! A painful hour but so much better than 3 and 4 and 5. The combination of overnight diapers and a touch...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 225: My Anxiebees were incredibly active today, slowing down my brain processing by a factor of ten, and inspired a new design (women’s V-neck; standard...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 232: So the good news? Smol slept in until 730 am!! The bad news is I woke up every hour because of internal temperature fluctuations, I’d wake up in a...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 239: This morning was SUCH a struggle to get my brain working. Anxiety driven? Maybe. Case of the Mondays? Probably more that. My anxiebees were quiet for a...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 246: Smol slept in! Which was both nice for us and also disruptive because when they get up early, their first nap works well with the school dropoff and...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 253: JB and I have been spending bits of time together which we haven’t done since the pandemic started, it feels like. I’ve been helping them with their...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 260: Shifting back to normal school and work mode after a long holiday weekend and having a helpful person around is, in my professional opinion, YUCK....
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 267: Possibly my least favorite thing about the responsibilities parenting right now is doing the night time floss and brush with JB. They whine so much....
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 274: I’m a shambling mess today. Wait that implies an ability to move. Scratch that. Just a mess, then. The combo of the cold and then the booster trying to...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 281: Intense family time began over the weekend (though any extended-family time is intense for me these days) and will continue in some form until the end...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 288: In the spirit of caring about the little things we have, I’m a bit sad that I’ve finally worn holes through my blue socks. They’re the socks that PiC...
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Year 2 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 2, Day 295: What’d we do last year for Christmas? PiC asked. I don’t remember but I was a lot less stressed and anxious since we did no socializing. Though we also...
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