Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

That’s mostly what we’re doing, thankfully. We’re all sleeping better and coughing/blowing our noses less, and my hubby’s back to work today. As for me, I’M trying desperately not to fall back asleep (it’s that kind of day). So far, however, we’ve survived the week. Yesterday’s field day meeting got postponed and we skipped my daughter’s driver’s license test, to be sure, but I did go to the Natural History Museum with my son’s field trip on Monday, and that was (quite frankly) exhausting. I’m not sure one of the boys in my group liked me very much by the end, but we didn’t lose anyone, and if they didn’t fill out their booklets, well–it wasn’t for lack of reminding and prodding on my part. My older girls both had marathon dance sessions yesterday (instead of NO dance, which is what’s SUPPOSED to happen the week of the recital) with their not-impressive/not-coming-back-next-year teacher; tomorrow is dress rehearsal for all three of them with the recital on Friday. In the meantime, today my oldest has therapy in Sandy and then my older two have young women’s; I’m hoping it doesn’t go late.

In other news, I finished reading the nonfiction I told my 13-year-old we were going to read together before starting the next Merci Suarez book–Bylines: A Photobiography of Nellie Bly. To be honest, I was hoping for a less academic biography and more of a focus on her most interesting assignments, but that was my bad. Instead, Bylines is (shocker!) an actual photobiography, taking us from Nellie’s birth through her schooling, career, marriage, business misadventures, and death. I learned things I didn’t know and my daughter said it was “interesting;” I don’t think it was as fascinating as either of us wanted it to be, but again–my bad. If you’re looking for a bio of Nellie Bly, this is a solid resource. If, on the other hand, you remember reading the Value Tale about Nellie and you’re wanting to relive the experience, you should probably find the actual Value Tale. (It’s the value of fairness, by the way.) Wish us luck in our dance endeavors this week!