Currently July 2018
Saying goodbye to July and entering my birthday month, August!
This month I will turn 39. Last year of my 30s!
My mom told me that her 40s were her best decade, so I’m looking forward to that.
July was all about Camp Shutterbean (me at home with Cooper while I worked). Any mom who has to work from home and have a child to keep occupied (and manage screen time) can understand what this feels like. It was equal parts, wild, fun and overwhelming. We had quite a few playdates this July. Lots of friends coming over. I hosted 4 dinners and two sleepovers! We ended the month visiting Casey’s family in Idaho. It was a last minute trip that didn’t even make it on my Summer Bucket List! It was so nice to have a family reunion and hang out by the pool. Made me feel really happy to be away and also gave me a new perspective on my routine/home life that I needed.
The biggest thing that went down this month is that my computer died and I went from a MAC to a PC. I spent over a week without a computer. So far the transition is going well although I need to transfer all my photos onto my new computer. I am trying to figure out the best way to do that and evaluate what I want/need. One of the best things about transferring over to a new OS is that I am being intentional about the habits that I create on my new computer. I was in a rut with my system on my apple laptop. The refresh is much appreciated at this time in my life when I am trying to pare things down.
And no, the shift isn’t the end of the world. I spent 7 years doing bookkeeping on a PC for work so the math/productive side of my brain is appreciating the switch.
The artist in me liked that all of my devices synced but I’m relearning things a new way and it feels good to be a student again.
New tools help my creative brain. This is what I am telling myself anyway.
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and Casey is reading 
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while on vacation. Picked up 
from my Mother-in-Law’s bookshelf.
while I try to eat healthily
is helping)
