Sometimes

Sometimes I have to remind myself of things I do, and why I do them.  I do a lot. More than I should. I teach six classes, manage ten independent study students, advise four extra curricular activities, and chair the English department. I am raising two boys the best that I can, and co-managing a household with my co-navigator. I make play dates and mama dates, and sometimes I sit in front of the tv, and sometimes I write. Sometimes I host parties, and sometimes I think of a project too big to manage. And sometimes, well, not sometimes, actually, more like currently, I sit on the Board of Directors for MotherWoman.

To be prepared

A quick rundown of what we are doing to prepare for the 79mph+ winds forecasted for Irene’s arrival here in the Happy Valley -

1. Drinking water, a gallon a day per person, theoretically enough for four days. Stop & Shop has Poland Spring, 2.5 gallon containers on Sale for 2/$5.00. If anything, this storm is going to be annoying, in that we may lose power for a few days.  The Northeast is crowded, and the electrical grid is packed, if this hits NYC and Boston, lord knows, WMECO isn’t going to be able to get the help it had in the past to fix the grid (the HillTown ice storm, June 1st tornado),  folks might be without power for a few days. In fact most of my tips have to do with dealing without power.

ugh – 19 of 365

snowing.  grey all day.  temperature at 10:23pm, 36°

I obviously live in this bubble for a reason.  This is the map of the Happy Valley, as lifted and modified from  NYT (I only went NYT b/c the Globe was lagging)  - true Blue all over. Except Hawley – where there was a tie. 63 for Coakley, 63 for Brown, 5 for Kennedy,  no seriously, 63.

how blue is your valley?

tomorrow’s to-do list looks like this-

• Avoid: twitter trending topic #masen, msnbc, npr, and cnn (except AC).
• Make cookies.