GRATITUDE: Juniper didn’t go to school today due to major sniffles…not sure if it’s a cold or allergies to something from the sleepover. Seems like allergies. Anyhow, grateful she’s so easy going and went on walks with me and was so quiet and understanding when I had to do my Japanese quiz…2x! We actively tried to make it at least a little fun and baked homemade chocolate chip cookies from scratch. So nice the grocery store is so close by when we realized we were out of flour and chocolate chunks. Picked up some parsley for lemon garlic pasta, which she also so willingly helped to make this evening. I’m so proud of her and the initiative she takes on and responsibilities she handles, and I just wish she knows it’s ok to be vulnerable and emotional and to shed tears, just like yesterday when she was crying at bedtime which I am blaming on lack of sleep. Anyhow, today I’m grateful my life has been blessed with such a loving, kind, caring, creative, thoughtful daughter. It truly is one happiness I never knew I could have.
FOCUS: Behind again in Japanese, but improved my test score to at least 19/20. Gosh it’s hard! Tomorrow the backyard is going to need some cleanup as long as it’s not raining. Dad comes back tonight from Iowa and I know he’s been working hard, the least I can do is help gather eucalyptus bark.
INSPIRATION: Been thinking of a better way to collect and share recipes with Juniper that we frequently use or want to cook/bake again. Wondering if a shared Google drive folder is the way to go…
Also, this morning’s lower body kettlebell workout is definitely something to improve upon and work towards/keep track of progress. Hard to master the deadlift to goblet squat, so mainly focusing on that for now. Using 15lb kettlebell. 😓
Warmup:
1 min air squats
1 min good mornings
2x:
1 min kettlebell Romanian deadlifts
1 min kettlebell goblet squats
1 min kettlebell deadlift to goblet squat