So, it does work to use your phone as a hotspot- it just doesn’t work well. Not having reliable wifi is really screwing everything up! I’ve been spending way more time than I would like at Starbucks. But Starbucks has delicious tea and holiday cups, so I guess things could be worse.
It turns out the wifi outage is for our an entire neighborhood, which is a good thing. AT&T trucks are on our street, and I’m confident it will get fixed without us committing to a four-hour window to be home.
Anyway, what else is going on? MY SON IS COMING HOME! He’ll be home for the entire week of Thanksgiving. August- Thanksgiving is the longest stretch we have without seeing him, and it’s been hard. This past week was very busy for him, with several performances and some recordings to make. And he got sick! He told me he just had to take Advil and power through. I wanted him home so badly. I pictured him here, lying comfortably on the couch while I plied him with tea and orange juice.
I also got this text from him:
He still needs me! I’ll take any mother-son bonding time I can get. Even if it involves writing essays.
Meanwhile, we’re having our first big cool down of the year!!!!! Remember my post from a couple days ago, where I said I want to live in a biodome where the temperature always stays between 50-70 degrees?
In case you’re worried about my poor cats being advent-calendar deprived this December- I stopped at Target and got this one. We might even like it better, because it looks like it has a variety of treats. So there, Trader Joe’s!
Last but not least… I was the lucky recipient of one of Engie’s amazing postcards!
Thank you Engie. We’ll get through this if we stick together.
And now, I’m off to our high school football game- it’s the Regional Semi-finals! Go Bulls!
Are you excited about Thanksgiving? – I’m excited to have the entire family home. Not as excited about cooking- but the family will help me.
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Internet outages are hard! I have been jonsong to do a bike bootcamp and was looking forward to one this evening and then my son said the storm had shorted our internet. I was so bummed. But it came back! And I have never been so happy to do a 30 minute bike boot camp. 😉
Yay for son time! I’m sure I’ll be ready and willing to do pretty much anything to spend time with my kids when they go to college.
I’m not super excited about Thanksgiving proper, but I’m THRILLED to have a week off!! Bring it!
That’s a really sweet message from your son! These days, students could just ask ChatGTP to help them, but he wants you!
Enjoy your mom-son time, Jenny!