Friday Day Book, 9 March, 2012

Outside my window…

It’s sunny, and I am the boys are taking a well needed extra half day off. Not only have we worked hard and need a breather, but the two schools here, ACS and IC, have the day off, and a lot of the boys’ friends have come to spend the day at the playground - right outside our window. Hours of fun play for the boys, extra time for me to work on my current translation project.

I am wearing…

Sweats, a t-shirt, my sports brah, and sports socks; all to make sure that I get my three miles of running in today! (For my incentives, keep reading…)

I am reading…

Interpreter of maladies by Lahiri, Jhumpa. Just started, but it looks good. It’s part of my book club readings. Also, as I’m translating a university text book on Project Management I’m also reading it. Does that count?

I am listening to…

My children having a blast outside with their friends. It’s a loud, and oh so comforting noise!

Towards an education…

Science review all week; my kids read about life sciences, take tests about life sciences, write papers about life sciences, watch videos about life sciences, and integrate life sciences into everything they do. This is one of the things I like about homeschooling; once you get into something, you can just go all the way…!

From the kitchen…

After a week of smaller portions of uninspiring foods, I’m making a dinner tonight that is a little less healthy: The anchovy scalloped potatoes are already in the oven, and they’ll be accompanied by a small piece of steak (for the others in the family), garlic butter, and various veggie sides (red beet, walnut and feta salad, among others). For dessert, I am making pecan pie – because I can. (If you’ve ever lived in the Middle East, you’ll know the luxurious feeling bag of pecans in your cabinet brings.) If I run long enough this afternoon, I might still be able to keep within my calorie budget.

I am looking forward to…

Swimming with Abraham tomorrow. Since AUB let up on the rule not to let under 6 year olds in the pool, we’ve started going every Saturday, while the boys have their swimming lesson. Last time, which was the first time, he spent the entire hour shrieking with joy, “I Wooove SWIMMING! Swimming is just SO FUN!! I Wooooove the POOL!” It’s like being sprinkled with happy dust for an hour. I just float around with Abraham, holding him up and making sure he doesn’t drown, and bask in his joy; so heartwarming.

When I have a moment…

Tonight! Tonight I am going to sit down on the couch with a cup of decaf tea and watch a show. Just that. I’ve hear Downton Abbey is good, so I’m going to try season 1, episode 1 of that. Oh, don’t get too excited. I’ll probably fall asleep half way through it.