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 Today is the last day of school for both kids. Will is totally done and Ryan's bus will drop him off at around 2:30 and he'll be done. The end of school is always a relief, but this year especially so. It's been hard on all families and I'm sure not many people are sorry to see its end. But I'm also always a little bit sad at the end of the school year, and this year is no different. It will be wonderful not hearing the alarm at 5:45 the next couple of months and it will be sublime not to have to pester anyone about homework or pull off last-minute miracle assists on big projects that I didn't know about before an hour before the deadline. But school is an important element of life for families with kids, and teachers form important relationships with families. I think that's why I edge toward sad at the end of the year. I asked Ryan yesterday if we was even a little, tiny bit sad by school ending and he rolled his eyes back at me bigger than I realized was...

 Today's session on Insight Timer was on the heart chakra. As you know, I've had a difficult relationship with my heart recently. So, today's class felt good. I was easily able to visualize the green light of the heart, plus the yellow of the solar plexus, the orange of the sacral, and the red of the root chakra. It was warming and empowering to honor my heart and all that it does. It probably doesn't hurt that I worked out a lot today too, really put my heart to the test. I have to give it credit; it carried me through like a champ. I hope I sleep well tonight as a result! Ryan got dismissed from school a half hour early today because there was a big accident on 95 this morning that affected traffic through Wilmington all day. The district was concerned that the buses would be late from taking high schoolers home, which would push the middle and elementary school schedules even later. So they had high schools release a half hour early (Ryan's in middle school, but ...

Last week was Ryan's birthday and he is now thirteen. We had a nice birthday celebration, including his requested dinner of grilled cheese sandwiches, Kraft Mac & Cheese, and fruit. I was lucky to find very nice strawberries, raspberries, and even peaches at the store. Delicious peaches are hard to come by this time of year. I was gratified by how happy this all made him. We didn't have a birthday party, in part because of the pandemic, but honestly mostly because we've become horribly out of touch with society. I genuinely don't even know who he would invite for a party. He has friends from many different areas of life, but they are not all friends with each other. The good thing is, he's not much of a party kid anyway. We rented "Cruella" on Disney Plus and watched it together as a family on Saturday in lieu of a party. It was a lot of fun. Full-family tv time is rare for us these days and I appreciated it. The movie itself was fine--perfectly enjoya...