better

yesterday: i had a good meeting with a friend in the silo district yesterday, and gd and i began the process of tidying and rearranging our apartment in order to be able to work from home. i took mr smear to the pool for swimming lessons twice, the second much better than the first, during which i realized that he's struggling to use his arms properly because he's so used to the water wings.

today: i got up really early, and actually stretched my back for the first time in a long time. which turned out to be a mistake, because i subsequently put my back out installing a wall panel heater. 

oh, and we unfriended our "friends" who left for australia without giving our kids a chance to say goodbye, after a lot of their shady behaviour compounded into massive disappointment. 

we did a very big grocery run, after which my mom and i took a bunch of things to her storeroom, she then returned with me to help us transform mr smear's bedroom into a proper little boy's room (he's super excited) and light the chanukah candles, eat dinner, play jenga with mr smear, and then eventually talk shop before going home.

i've just watched the first episode of the witcher (i mostly enjoyed it), i've played a fair amount of sudoku and unrollball and unblock me (mr smear's good at it!) , and i'm finally going to get back into leviathan wakes now before getting some rest. it's been a tough few days emotionally, figuring out my next steps, and cleaning my room (metaphorically) seems to be helping. 

merry christmas!