I'm going to refine my daily entries a bit, with 4 sections instead of 3. Noteworthy events, good things that happened, things I want to improve on, and what I am looking forward to for tomorrow.
Kids to school individually. Worked from home. Had a 2hr "Harassment Training" event at work today which I'll blog about separately. Kids were with me tonight since Linda has book-club. "Angst" screening at Leigh. Tommy stayed at Pano while Lauren stayed at Matson. Quick run to Persian groceries by Trader Joes and 5 guys for a shake.
I'm making modest progress backing off of making their lunches each morning. Lindsey promoted the idea last night, based on her own experiences, and it reminded me of my teenage years and learning to be independent early on. It's time. I felt empowered and proactive earlier today when I faced a sink with a small set of plates piling up and didn't hesitate to just get 'em washed right then and there. I timed it. 4 min start to finish. One less visual clutter distraction and thing to go back and address later. I took a short walk to the Library and back mid-morning. It's a nice option. I checked out an audioCD set titled "The John Lennon Letters". I'll start listening to it on the drive to RWC tomorrow.
Taking them and Jen to a screening at Leigh of "Angst", a documentary film about anxiety amongst teens, didn't go as planned. Tommy had a big problem doing so. He wanted 'downtime' and reflecting on it, I didn't play this out well. It was a bit of an ambush. It would have gone better if I'd just told them early and up front about it. I need to not try and 'manage' things. I ended up giving up on trying to get him to pay attention. You can lead a horse to water….
I am looking forward to our weekly team lunch at work tomorrow. Last week's was fun, and I think we're onto something as a team building effort, and that it will really be a valuable move to continue to champion.
I played some early "Journey" tracks this am with Tommy, courtesy of a nudge from Nevin, thus the post title.