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Around here we are looking into colleges and financial aid for Agus. It is still two years away but, as we all know, those two years will go by quickly.

Around here the boys have been participating in "multiple intelligences" week. Nico has been talking about the story he wrote for the writing intelligence day, and the pencil drawing he chose to do for arts intelligence today (an eye). Today is math intelligence day. Agus doesn't say much about what he wrote or didn't write. He did inform me that he drew "a sunset or something" for the arts day.

Around here we just paid for Agustin's driver's ed classes, which he will be taking this summer, three hours a day for two weeks. I am super excited for him and this new stage in his life, but also feeling a lot of anxiety as he starts branching out on his own.

Around here there are some major changes coming up in terms of work, not all welcome. But we've weathered this storm before, and I imagine we'll get through it somehow.

Around here I am dreaming about writing more, like writing a book or short stories or something. There is no reason to believe I will ever do this, nor that I even should, but yesterday I read a post that reminded me: Why not me? and What would you do right now if you knew you couldn't fail? I have so many answers to those questions: set up an Etsy shop with crochet items, open my own English school, write a book (both fiction and one for English language teaching), start a vlog (one for the family and one for English language learners). These are just dreams, really - fun to think about and maybe putter about in. There will be no regrets if they don't come true.

Around here the nights have been colder and it's been wet and rainy. The cold is convincing me that maybe I am not going through menopause yet.

Around here I've got lots of doctor's appointments coming up. Hoping for a clean bill of health.

Around here we are just living our lives, both out of habit and routine, and it feels perfect and right.