Another year written.

I’ve been slicing since 2017. Well—slicing in the annual March SOL Challenge. Every year I say that I am going to continue the Tuesday Slice Challenge and I fall off the horse pretty quickly. I’ll blame my ADHD. It’s my both my superpower and my super curse.

Family days are the best days. After packing up we started the drive to the resort. I only heard, are we there yet one time. We were exactly 3 minutes from Great Grandpa’s house filling up the fast tank.

We take the kids on a little getaway once or twice a year. It’s just to a little resort with indoor and outdoor pools. There’s tennis and a basketball court. They used to have mini golf back in the day.

Every. Single. Day. this week, I was certain tomorrow was Friday. As in on Monday, I thought the next day was Friday. And it just kept happening.

I was so upset when I woke up every tomorrow and it wasn’t Friday yet. 

I was legit crawling into spring break which started at the end of the day today. So after checking my morning emails, creating a tutorial video, and updating a couple of AAC devices, I headed out to office hours in another building. I made a few stops on my way back to lunch at my desk and continued the grind until quitting time.

The building was quiet. It’s a high school that keeps high school hours. Unfortunately for me, I am on an elementary school schedule, so I both start and end later than pretty much everyone else in the building. I spent my last quiet hour of the day resetting and neatening up my workspace.

I usually have multiple iPads or dedicated AAC devices around my area waiting to be updated, programmed, or deployed. Legal pads of notes are piled on my desk with dozens of pens littered about because I can never seem to find one when I need it. My mouse and keyboard are usually precariously close to falling off the edge as a thin layer of dust is is sprinkled on any exposed area.

It’s a whole vibe. 

So before I left for the week, I took everything off my desk and wiped it down with a couple Clorox wipes. I cleaned my keyboard, mouse and phone. I put everything away. I even revamped my working to-do list and filled it in so I would be able to hit the ground running upon my return. This rarely happens.

It feels good to leave no loose ends and know I will start my week off with a clear desk…and mind.

I am writing for the 18th annual Slice of Life challenge presented by Two Writing Teachers.

My kids each have hand-me-down iPads. They have 1 hour a day between the hours of 10:00am and 6:00pm to do what they like on them. I do have them pretty heavily restricted with what apps are on them and what they can access. However, they have unlimited access to music and reading until bedtime. They can use Apple Music to listen to whatever they like (explicit music restricted). They also have access to Libby and Hoopla from our local library to read books. The boys need help looking for and downloading books to read or listen to. McKenna can do it on her own.

Created from original poem It Would Be Water by Kathy Engel

I am writing for the 18th annual Slice of Life challenge presented by Two Writing Teachers.

Those who know me, remember that just 2 months after my husband and I got married, our house flooded. I’ve written about it several times over the years. We had many loses that day…wedding gifts, my beloved recipe book filled with recipes from my mom and grandma, all my shoes…even our cars.

Inspired by karpenglish at The Daily Meow’s Year in Pictures post. THANKS.