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July GBOMB

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Good California. Disney. 4th of July. Beach. It was a busy trip, and AJ stayed on Utah time, waking us up at 5:30am California time, even after a full day of Disneyland. But everything went really well all in all. Travel was smooth. Plans unfolded as hoped. It was a fun trip.  Tutoring. I started tutoring a teen weekly for reading but actually now probably more for writing. It definitely feels like a worthy cause. Even if its temporary, I hope it makes a difference for him.  Book clubs. I'm in a witchy book club, which I missed in July for Cody's birthday party. And we formed a new local book club in Taylorsville. Unfortunately, the first book is the Odyssey which is as boring as I remember. And the August book for Witchy book club is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was so, so boring. So, off to a rough start. But excited to be in a group to talk about books.  Healing/time. Seeing friends and past loves for the first time in 16 years felt oddly comfortable ...
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July in Review

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7/1 Felt chaotic. I did my final lift for the week. Work was actually kind of nice; we had a Women's Initiative Network event with a Q&A panel of women leaders. They provided lunch; it was a nice midday break. I left early as I realized that I was ahead on hours due to the July 3 holiday pay. After work I focused on laundry and getting AJ and myself packed up for our trip. 7/2 We had a pretty mellow morning. I went on a walk. I finished packing us up. We went to Jim's around noon. He dropped us off, and we got through security and to our gate super quickly. AJ and I slept almost the entire flight to CA. After landing we went to Pinnacle Peak for dinner. I hadn't been there in a long time. We did AJ's bath and tried to get ready for Disneyland.  7/3 AJ woke us up at 5:30. We left at 7, got donuts, and had no traffic on the way to Disneyland. We spent a full day at Disney, after the ordeal of parking and security. We did lots of rides. AJ loved Space Mountain, which i...
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June GBOMB

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Good AJ's first sleepover. AJ stayed the night with his grammy. They were both excited the whole week leading up to it. He had a really great time. They went to Thanksgiving Point for their summer fair. My mom sent lots of photos.  My first book club. It wasn't a great book, and we talked about lots of things besides the book, but it was still pretty fun. Just four of us total, which I actually think was good! I didn't know any of them but felt totally comfortable. I'm excited for more book club interactions. Garden. Bell peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, broccoli all thriving. Cucumber has yet to fully grow fruit. It probably needs more water. We've had sauteed broccoli and grilled zucchini from the garden, and both were SO good. Blackberries are coming in hot as well, which we didn't plant. So that's fun.  Neighbors. Our neighbors really helped us out when our fridge went out (see below). Lois still has some of our food in her freezer. Greg let us use his dolly...
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June in Review

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6/1 I went back to the gym for the first time since before surgery. I didn't go too crazy. I had new hire orientation at work with a quiet group which is kind of challenging. I picked up AJ from daycare at Katie's, as she's our backup daycare this week. AJ was SO happy after being at her house. After dinner we gave AJ a bath and did bed time.  6/2 I didn't get up for a workout. I've been waking up so sleepy. Work was kind of busy--a 1:1 and some ESL meetings with managers. I picked up AJ, and we had dinner at Hire's. We went to Hogle Zoo for the Sunset Safari. We left about 7:45 as we never know how AJ will do when it gets late. We did bed time.  6/3 I slept in for the gym but got up to do a work out in the basement. Work was fun as we went to Disrupt HR in Lehi, an event our CHRO puts on. It's a fun time. I picked up AJ and made shrimp Alfredo and veggies for dinner. We spent some time outside, and did bath and bed time. AJ was very sweet and loving, saying...
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