Great Minds Think Alike (but you already know that)

Woke up 5 min before the alarm, on my own, something that always introduces internal conflict. Return to the sleep state or face the realities. I faced the realities and used the time for a morning meditation. I'm on a streak, daily, 10min am meditations, not broken yet. 15+ days and counting, I believe. It started before NYD so it's definitely 13 at a minimum. I woke with a sore throat, as did Tommy. The temp dropped in the house and the heater doesn't kick in until it detects the cracking sound of icicles having formed on my nostrils, so that might be a factor. I'll have to notch it up tonight. Tommy ate 2/3 of the breakfast sandwich en route to school, which left me wondering if he wasn't feeling well. At least it did until I returned home later to fine one of the 4 blueberry muffin's gone and it's wrapper in the car. So the boy doubled-down. He's 16. It's his nature. Lauren rode with us to school and we speed-walked the creek trail. 15min in, 15 out, and time to drop her at school. Speed walking is a generous term. It's relative to my sedentary state. And the 15min timer trigged 1 min away from the 2 mile mark. So we pressed on, at her insistence and my apathetic unwillingness to concede that the extreme minute would somehow position me too far from being able to return under my own power. But I did, and still got her to school before returning home, walking the dog, and getting into the workday. I went into RWC for staff and returned afterwards. The office is a ghost town any more. It's awkward. I completed the day, Tommy dropped and we made a Pollo Loco run, watched part of "Into the White" which was quite interesting. Lauren and Viktorija finished at the library at 8pm so I picked them up and suggested we do a Dodge Ridge trip Sat if all aligns. Tommy's considering going with Eric and Carl to Squaw and I can't blame him. I can only contribute so much, though, so he may have to face only skiing for some but not all of the days. It is what it is, and the fact that he can go and ski at all is pretty awesome. I don't think he gets that. I don't think most kids who have such privilege get it.

Gratitude: All the access I have to things that give me inspiration and insight. It's everywhere.

Watched 1/4 of "Into the White", listened to "Year of the Monkey"

Accomplishments: Meditation Walking Mindfulness Parenting Cleanup