The Now: December 29, 2021

Why hello there. I took an unexpected break from blogging over the holidays. The last of our family left town today, so now I'm back at it. 

Here's where my attention has been lately:

WORK​

• Nothing! The upside of academia is getting a long break over the holidays. I don't go back until January 3. Aside from keeping an eye on my email, all of my projects are on the back burner until the new year.

PERSONAL

• Finding room for all the things we got for Christmas. And by we, I mean the kiddo. She got to play with two of her new toys immediately. The rest, we have hidden away in a closet and will slowly role out in the next few months.
• I conducted my annual weeding of all the things. I now have a MASSIVE pile of donations to go out during our building's next pick up. So long diaper changing pad!
• Right after I weeded everything, I took pictures of everything we own for our home inventory. I try to do this once a year. Next, I will go through the pictures and update the database I made to keep track of everything.
• This morning, I gave our home a deep clean. This is a dust the baseboards, wash the stove grates, scrub of the fridge out kind of deep clean.
• On top of the deep clean, I did about a dozen loads of laundry. If it could be machine washed, it was machine washed. Nothing like heading in to the new year with a clean slate.
• I set my goals for 2022 and will start setting up my bullet journal tomorrow.

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