Well, my writing has not been very consistent since I thought I might get back into it last year. Whelp, looking back, I have been consistently silent, so there is that! So, while I wait for my student to get online for an English lesson, I find time on my hands and no excuses. So let's write something!
What excuses you might be thinking? Housework? Well, not really. I tend to spend most of my spare time doing my WORDLE and Duolingo. I have not one language I am currently studying, but four. And I am lousy at all of them. Spanish is the one I need the most, so I try to get at least one or two lessons a week. Japanese I am the best at, so I do that one everyday to maintain my streak. French is the third, and I am OK at that. Korean, that is the one kicking my butt each time I try. To paraphrase Dave Barry, the best way to learn Korean is to be born in Korea.
Well, no more excuses. It's August 6th and a lot has changed since I last wrote. We have a new administration that is constantly making my job harder. We still have a little less than 3.5 years, so maybe it gets better? MAYBE? It would be nice if we could get both parents to be able to WFH some days each week. We had to make a huge change to our daily life when Nohora had to start going back to the office five days a week. Luckily the boys are older and can be at home alone for a couple of hours, but it's been a rough transition. Something we didn't each have before COVID now seems less like a luxury, but more of a necessity. Sadly. this is how we make a living, working for the federal government, so we will keep doing the best we can. I hope it changes back to a more flexible schedule, and I also hope we don't have to wait 3.5 years.
This year the boys are doing a lot of sports. Baseball for Sam, soccer for Logan. Logan finished his first year of travel soccer, and Sam leveled up and has been playing with the 15U league (as the only 12 year-old). They are both much more talented at sports than their father, but their mother played collegiate basketball, so they have some time before they catch her.
We have been saving our dimes due to the uncertainty of our employment, but still managed to get in the car and drive to Canada this past April We drove all the way to Québec City, Québec, Canada. We visited Niagara Falls and Philadelphia as well. Fun spring-break trip. We still have a trip to OBX and Bogota this year, so the traveling isn't done yet.
That's enough of an update. My student didn't show, so I am heading to bed.
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