not necessarily in this order

  Lil Momma turned 10 at the end of August and it was a wild whirlwind of weather and a party! One  I was honestly dreading the party even before the weather turned against me. LM had asked for  a party in 3 parts: crafts, cake, and firepit/dance party with s’mores . She also very much wanted to fill up the invite list with 10 friends ( because she was turning 10)  and many of them had not been to our house before which means their moms had not been to our house before and it all was just SO MUCH for my brain to handle.    Two  LM and I had a prep day where we went adventuring to find supplies for the crafts, decorations, and cake embellishments. We landed on making  beaded bracelets  ( which were easy to prep as there where kits and extra beads to pick from ) and these  canvas stars  which we bought letter stickers for so the girls could color around the sticker of their first initial and then peel it off ( it sounded like a thing!...

  On   Fridays , I work from home. The only video-on call I had was with my direct reports and boss, so I threw on a t-shirt and leggings and made the most minimal effort on controlling the curls – this was the morning after my tie-dye adventure, after all! Now, this is a casual, team catchup/all call, but everyone kept pausing after they said anything to ask me if I was ok…. I got more and more uncomfortable until I blurted out “ why is everyone being weird?!?!? ” Turns out, the t-shirt I grabbed had a picture of a marshmallow on fire walking with a smile; above the picture, it said, “ BURNT OUT ” and below it   continued   “ BUT OPTIMISTIC ” – however;   only the top showed   on the Teams screen and everyone thought is was a cry for help, haha! I took it as a sign from the universe and ran away after that meeting to get a fancy coffee and my library holds….   Saturday , Lil Momma had the busiest day. Luke had to step in to run a softball tournament f...