Revelry Reverie

Well, we did it. Yesterday, April 28, 2024, I got up at 6:30am after a very restless night (no surprise there). I got on my game face and body glide while Bob pinned my bib to my race shirt. I reviewed our strategy as we walked up the block for a smoothie (my usual breakfast),…

On Sunday, three short sleeps from today, I will participate in a half marathon. While this is still a laughable proposition to me (me, in a race? A long one? Ha!), I feel ready. Calm. Of course, this is because Bob has proven to be an excellent coach/husband. A couple weeks ago we completed the…

Before I can work out, I have to decipher the code. Seriously, Bob handed this to me and was like, “here you go!” I guess it’ll make me mentally limber for work in a few weeks 😂 Also, it’s so classic it’s on graph paper. Yes. Engineer. Go. Also it’s dirty from Bea walking on…

One thing I wanted to do with my sabbatical was take each kid on a solo trip (or at least plan one out). Eleanor wants to go see Trinity Library at Trinity in Dublin (so we will do that this summer when the weather is nicer). Henry wanted to go to Monterey Bay Aquarium. Grant…

Next week I’m taking Henry to Monterey Bay Aquarium as a special trip for the two of us. We will fly into San Jose and have a day to bum around there, then make our way to Monterey. Then we will spend a full day at the aquarium! We are both really looking forward to…

I couldn’t fall asleep last night so I started thinking through this blog post, and it is a true mishmash of pointless things. Enjoy! I’ve been googling auditory hallucinations, and did you know that a lot of people experience these as they’re falling asleep? They’re called auditory hypnogogic hallucinations (hypnopompic if you’re walking up), and…