How’s Your Summer Going?

Needed that hug!
* I’m rewatching Grace and Frankie- silly and quirky is a win for me every time.
* We’re starting a very long and arduous process of selling our house and downsizing to an apartment. I’m looking forward to being on the other side of it all but it all feels very overwhelming!!!!!!!
* What isn’t–we’re recovering from Covid, we’re low on $$ because my husband’s new semi truck business is having a hard time getting off the ground because his truck keeps breaking down and we’re throwing all the money we have at it, SELLING OUR HOUSE, an 11 month old and his sleep regression, a 2.5 year old and his tantrums, oh and I work full time and take care of our kids because my husband’s work takes him away from home most days of the week.
*Key. Lime. Pie.
*Flight 100%!

Crying in H Mart
Fall weather. I’m so tired of the midwest humid summer weather.
My father-in-law is in the ICU and it’s weighing on my husband big time.
Chocolate cake.
Flight!

The Sopranos
Glamping at the end of August
What it means to live an authentic life and new variants of Covid
Ice cream
Invisibility?

1. Manifest. It’s a TV show that combines drama, mistery, supernatura and a bit of sci-fi all in one show;
2. Have some friends at our not so new place for chatting and eating;
3 That I will never let go some worries that do not deserve attention.
4. Pavilova;
5. Fly and fly high when possible.

I’ve been reading modern romance novels (basically the book version of the romcom movie) on my phone since the pandemic started. I was reading less and less often (kids, work, life), but these books are lighthearted while frequently covering topics like race, sexism, expectations for women, and more. Because I finally gave in to reading on my phone *and* into reading what I previously termed “silly” books, I can read a couple pages nearly anywhere. I’ve read at least 50 books so far this year, and I’m loving it.

I’m worrying about how to transfer part of my workload onto another employee. Giving up control is not my forte, and neither is training, but it’s necessary right now.

I’m looking forward to being done with this house renovation.

Fresh peaches are in season and I’ll never turn them down!

I would say invisibility, but you’ve got a point about it being a ticket to madness. Honestly, both sound frightening. I’d rather have the superpower of staying calm and even-tempered when there’s a lot going on.

Thank you. I am miscarrying and have some more blood tests to follow my hCG to zero. Very grateful for my sweet toddler who distracts me and hopeful that we’ll have another chance. And if we don’t, our family will still be complete and perfect the way it is.

Here’s a pop qu

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now: Unforgotten on PBS, and new season of Ted Lasso
* what you’re looking forward to: back pack trip this weekend with girlfriends, also nervous!
* something that’s worrying you: fire season. It’s horribly smoky all over the west. Climate change feels very real this summer here.
* a dessert you’ll never refuse: chocolate anything! But last night I had fresh picked huckleberries on chocolate ice cream and it was the best
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility? Flight. I often have dreams of flying and they are magical. I love to watch raptors soar too. When I’m old and ready to die I’m going to take up squirrel suit flying/jumping to one’s death. (I’m very serious about this ?)

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now – The Guncle (all about the light-hearted chic lit these days!)
* what you’re looking forward to – Spending the next 2 months in Boston – to deliver our baby boy!
* something that’s worrying you – My mom getting to spend enough time with her grandson because we live far way
* a dessert you’ll never refuse – pretty much any dessert, but this week I was OBSSESSED with oreo icebox cake & finally made it on Friday
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility? Flight

(BTW, I love little pop quizzes like this!)

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now – Mrs. Fletcher and Feel Good both shook me to the core!
* what you’re looking forward to – I have no plans this coming weekend, and I’m jazzed about it!
* something that’s worrying you – I’m hiring three new people to join my team at work, and I’m worried I’ll fail in some way. So vague, right? But that’s the thing – anything – EVERYTHING – could go horribly wrong and I’ll be to blame.
* a dessert you’ll never refuse – Tiramisu
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility? Invisibility

*TV show I’m into: recently finished The Bureau which is basically the French version of Homeland. Also loved the second season of This Way Up!

*something I’m looking forward to: my kitchen remodel! It’s been a long wait for my contractor to be ready for us but it looks like we’ll be starting next month.

*a worry: what this school year will look like. I’m a teacher and I don’t think I can handle anymore zoom school.

*dessert I won’t say no to: creme brulee, always!

*flight or invisibility: so many questions here. Are we talking flight like Supergirl? Meaning I can fly super fast, carry a person/luggage with me? Then definitely flight, strictly for travel purposes. But if we’re talking bird flight where it’s still going to take a long time to get from point A to B, then I’m going with invisibility.

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now
“Afterlife” Julia Alvarez, Starstruck on HBO, and revisiting all the Fast and Furious Movies!
* what you’re looking forward to
A year full of wedding for the lovely friends who couldn’t get married last year.
* something that’s worrying you
Knowing that if I don’t get a new job/quit this current job, I’m going to lose my mind
* a dessert you’ll never refuse
Creme Brulee or Tiramisu
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility?
Flight! But the best super-power of all would be being able to breathe under water!

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now
Now that Season 2 of Ted Lasso is here, that’s what I’m into. BUT before that I took a trip down memory lane and watched all seasons of The Nanny on HBO.

* what you’re looking forward to
Seeing my family in Turkey for the first time in almost 2 years.

* something that’s worrying you
I’m a little anxious about flying to Turkey (and also being there) with the pandemic still going on. More than anything I’m really worried about climate change.

* a dessert you’ll never refuse
Anything chocolate. If I had to be specific, then Portillo’s chocolate cake.

* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility?
Flight, especially now. :-)

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now
I’m reading ‘One Last Stop’ by Casey McQuisition and loving it.

* what you’re looking forward to
Being over this summer cold, a good backpacking trip before the season ends, and my girlfriend coming home from her backpacking trip.

* something that’s worrying you
I feel worried that my roommate thinks i’m inconsiderate. I just have anxiety that i’m a bad roommate and i’m not sure how to ask her because I feel like she’s so nice, she might not want to tell me if i’m stepping on her toes.

* a dessert you’ll never refuse
Ice cream cookie sandwich!

* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility?
Flight because airplane travel is so bad for the environment, yet I love traveling. Having flight would be an awesome way to still travel and not contribute (negatively) to the climate emergency.

Really late to the game!
* I May Destroy You
* the weekend…with minimal plans
* my kids going to school, a re-entry plan with masks OPTIONAL, in a county <30%vaccinated.
* ice cream
* Flight. I actually dream about this all the time. I would love to come back as a bird.

It’s actually ~winter where I live, which is my favorite season (summers are scorching hot and winters are pleasant and barely cold at all, around 19°C most of the time), but I’ll join in anyway haha

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now: Just finished reading Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout and LOVED it. Loved it enough to order two other books of her. Would recommend Olive Kitteridge and Olive, Again to anyone and everyone I know.
* what you’re looking forward to: getting vaccinated, honestly.
* something that’s worrying you: a possible third wave and my country’s election next year.
* a dessert you’ll never refuse: Most of them? But Tiramissu, dulce de leche crépes and anything nutella, if I had to choose my top 3.
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility? Flight. Especially if it’s super quick and can get me anywhere in the world quickly. I imagine I’d LOVE the wind on my face and the thrill of it.

* extremely late to the game: “Mozart in the Jungle” on Netflix
* a 4-day-getaway with my husband, while my sister will stay with the kids
* always: my cancer progressing
* fresh strawberries
* definitely flight: to go see my friends all over the world

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now
Missionaries by Klay, great fiction if you’re into Colombian guerrilla/narco stuff.
* what you’re looking forward to
3 BFFs from Chicago coming to visit me where I’ve moved in the PNW next week!
* something that’s worrying you
China never reopening its borders for our in-process adoption.
* a dessert you’ll never refuse
Anything flourless and chocolate and molten!
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility?
Flight. But swimming comes pretty darn close.

* Only recently started Killing Eve and Ted Lasso. Using them to balance each other.
* Going on a family trip next summer that is NOT to the beach with my in-laws (some toxic stuff there). Just wrapped that up for what we’re thinking will be the last time and are ready for a non-beach adventure with our boys who will be 11 and 6.
* Oh, so many things, but mostly work.
* Flourless chocolate cake, or anything that replicates that deep, dark chocolatey flavor
* Flight!

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now — Loki, and so sad the first season is done.
* what you’re looking forward to — October 1. We have a very fun but exhausting summer planned and that’s the first day where we have nothing to think about.
* something that’s worrying you — I’m having a threatened miscarriage and sitting in the waiting room waiting to do another hCG blood test. Losing my mind not knowing what’s going on and feeling heartbroken.
* a dessert you’ll never refuse — Banoffee pie
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility? — flight

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now – Made for Love (HBO max, watch if you loved Palm Springs)
* what you’re looking forward to – I joined a ceramics class, so I’m excited to see the finished fruits of my labor
* something that’s worrying you – If my pre-pandemic jeans will ever fit again
* a dessert you’ll never refuse – sheet cake
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility? flight

* Peaky Blinders – I got sucked in when my husband started watching and while not my usual taste I really look forward to watching an episode every night (bonus, those accents!)
* Seeing my twin sister today; we live on different ends of the country (MN for me, TX for her)
* A little bit of everything; unfortunately I’m a worrier – about the big and the very mundane
* Frozen Nutty Bar
* Flight; I saw a bald eagle soaring over the lake this morning and it was one of the most beautiful things I’d seen in a long time

* a TV show, movie or book you’re into right now: Ted Lasso Season 2 today!!!!
* what you’re looking forward to: Seeing Tyler Childers on August 7
* something that’s worrying you: covid, generally
* a dessert you’ll never refuse: a flourless chocolate cake
* would you rather have flight vs. invisibility? flight – but I need to be able to either transfer it to items (like a car/some sort of apparatus to fly people with me) or transfer it directly to other people.

*Imposters
*living closer to family
*which school to enroll my almost 6yo
*warm chocolate chip cookie
*flight

* show: White Lotus (watching an episode is the closest I’ve gotten to a vacation in the last 1.5 yrs)
* book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Just incredible so far
* looking forward to: hiking with a childhood friend this weekend
* worried about: transitioning into my new job
* dessert I’ll never refuse: cheesecake
* flight or invisibility: flying (though I may never come down!)

* Reading: „The Eyre Affair“ by Jasper Fforde (again for fun), watching: Netflix K-Drama “The King – Eternal Monarch”
* Looking forward to my second jab of Biontech in just 2 weeks time!!! Finally!!! And our sailing trip in September
* Worried about the vaccination fatigue & delta
* Huge fan of all desserts really, would never refuse any…! Ice cream, cake or crème brûlée…
* Hard choice. Can’t I say both? Invisibility if pressured…