dancerjodi

January:
New Year’s eve at home, just the 3 of us
Started putting collagen powder in my tea
Getting into knitting again: Monday group, brushing off Ravelry
Kid has some friends over for birthday, ‘murder cat’ bleeding cake
Russell’s Fiber Fest, bought some ‘sherbet’ colored yarn
Volunteered to coordinate the Grade 5 activities, and take on the yearbook
Reread Are You There God It’s Me Margaret before the movie comes out
Manray reopening
Cosplay event at Mill No 5

February:
Kim (Conzo) Strafford dies
Disney vacation with friends at Wilderness Lodge, VIP tour, Tron cast preview
Got my first prescription glasses (progressives)
Brian’s birthday, kid-decorated Mandalorian cake
Dermatology visit for cheek spot (was nothing)
Harlem Wizards event at Kennedy

March:
Read Call of the Jersey Devil (Aurelio Voltaire)
Encanto movie night for Dual Language at our church hall
Learned we were losing our office space in Woburn, and would use swing space in Lowell
Orchids and Yetis at Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Fighting with BCBS over reimbursement
Signed my kid up for middle school elective preferances

April:
40th Anniversary of ROTJ
Are you there god its me Margaret with Lori
No luck with grave location in Fall River Cemetary (great great grandmother)
Portland ME overnight (cool socks, sewing patterns, cold Japanese dinner outside, Taproot store, Cryptozoology Museum)
New Fluevogs
Manray with friends (first time in new location)
Tower Hill / Seed to Stem with Brian
Wicked Comicon (Hynes), Tic Toc
Talent show at church with Katie (soft shoe)
Salem day trip with Brian (Ugly Mug)
24th wedding anniversary
West Newton Cinema at risk to close, fundraising
Schmigadoon season 2
The other 5th grade teacher leaves with no notice (family issues)
Frustration with the Epic rollout

May:
Colonoscopy (all clear)
Canva Grade 5 yearbook, slideshow
Yolanda exhibit at PEM
Worked day at Lowell office
Waltham passes Pride resolution
11 y/o pediatrician checkup, lots of shots, last one before pediatrician ‘retires’
Steampunk festival, frustrated with things not fitting
Mother’s Day at the Gorey House (fashion exhibit)
Brian away
Dance recital #2 with Legacy
Snack shack fundraiser
Kennedy open house
Hurt knee in dance/yoga (swollen, had to elevate)
Beetlejuice in Boston

June:
Music convention with E and Dennis in Boxboro
Rogers the Musical at Disneyland on youtube
Mom and Dad’s 50th anniversary party at EJ’s
2 nights at Indian Head (one with E and Dennis), cahluaandcream.com
Heathers the Musical with Lori and Walker
Flamin’ hot cheetos documentary
Hiking at Met State
Contropolic in Marlboro convention (old NEG reunion)
Elementary School graduation
Kid in teen room in library for the first time
Tap class in my old studio
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mahem show
Picked up my mouth guard
What we do in the shadows finale
Last Field Day (left early)
Waltham Pride with SW and First Parish

July:
The Pink Ladies TV series
The Barbie Movie and Haunted Mansion
Fancy Art camp (2 sessions)
Ska show and midnight movie (Cabin in the Woods) with Ruckus and Kayla
MWRA work starts on Lexington Street (super disruptive)
Read The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, once on my own and once with my kid
Tom Lensman wake / Kura Sushi
Making our front porch my ‘chill space’
Binging all of Ted Lasso
7/4 fireworks in Newton

August:
Gym moves to the new, smaller studio
White Bird summer reading
Kid starts wearing elastics with braces
High school musical song at camp “Stick to the Status Quo”
Double ear infection
Paul Rubens died
Trip to Hampton, ran into the Pinos
Bought a Woobles crochet kit to try and learn (Xmas gift)
FanExpo Boston (Rose Quartz)
Read Legends and Lattes

September:
Kid starts middle school, taking a bus for the first time
Back to School night (kid stayed home)
Combo dance class at Legacy studio moves to Tuesday
$$$ spent on car repairs
Terrorcon in Marlboro
Granitecon trooping (met up with EJ), just on Saturday
Nose swollen (blunt trauma from glasses)
First time at the Salem Pioneer Village
Grew a pumpkin (jumped outside of our planter box)
First middle school PTO meeting
Neighbor puts up driveway fence

October:
Tower Hill lights (M brought friend), Mythical Creatures exhibit
Handing out candy, kid trick or treating with friends
Vet trip (muzzled crazy Ginny)
Sam Black Church at the Palladium with Dissa
Kid’s first school dance (tacos on Moody)
13 the Musical at Minuteman (camp friend)
Lightsabers for Leia / Troop at the Wakefield Library
Honeypot hill fence heightened (no more goat feeding)
Brian went to Friday the 13th outdoor movie event
Finished knitting my sherbet colored hat for M
Watching Red Rose movies, Reservation Dogs (show finale)

November:
Municipal election (mayor), only 32% of voters came out! Paz lost.
Watching Gilmore Girls for the first time (introspective as a parent)
Science teacher birthday gift shopping (evolution themed gifts)
Skipped RICC ($$$)
Sleepover, Salem with E and Dennis
Brian’s truck hit in front of the house / play at Kennedy (Elsewhere)
Manray with Carlos and Jen
Thanksgiving with 6 (EJ and Jen and crews missed due to illness)
30th reunion with Melanie / Brian at metal show in Bangor

December:
Waldorf Faire (lame and sad), Panera, friend back home and tree decorating. Watched FNAF movie
Hope theme at church (week 1 of advent), service with Jewish group. M at mall with friends during CSA pickup. Scott Pilgrim on Netflix
House decorated, 12 food skeleton in the yard with a santa hat and scarf
Saw Waitress the musical in the Arsenal theater with Katie, Ace, and Colleen (all the crying)
Work holiday luncheon at Tulip in Stoneham (donation gift for 17 y/o boy, yankee swap from Waldorf faire, and all the pizelles)
Finally got the check for our totalled truck, and picked up a newer version of the same one
Fighting a persistent cold, missing the gym and dance class
Cold turned into flu? Stomach bug? I got it and then M
Tower Hill Lights (M brought friend J)
Yule at First Parish with my kid and friend (and snacks)
Family brunch at my parent’s
Salem Art Gallery
Kid at friend’s, and trip to Davis Square for Diesel and shopping
Overnight at tiny cabin at Common Man Plymouth (Dinner at the Italian Farmhouse) while kid slept over at a friend’s house

We laid pretty low this past weekend. Brian has been on call and I've been cautiously tending a cold (it went away, but on Sunday seemed to come back). We got a ton done around the house. I read an entire book save a few pages (I'll post a review when I finish during my lunch hour). I'm looking forward to 2006.

Goals will include spending more time with friends, cooking more at home and continuing to get things in order (house, finances, health). I'm hoping to do this while at the same time keeping a less crazy schedule. Life's just too short, and all that!

Will any of you be at Goffee on Thursday? Its been forever since we've gone, so I'd like to try this week if people are going to be around. I'll bring my knitting, where I'm going to move past the scarf stage and start practicing increasing and decreasing and following some kind of basic pattern.