rose: on any even week day, i walk between 40 to 60 minutes per day. it's usually 10 minutes here, and 10 minutes there, but over the course of a day, it really adds up. i've been loving having a bus pass. next is close enough for me to ride a bike, but my bike is too small for getting anywhere quickly. in the spring, i'll invest in another one. for our current routine, it makes sense for me to take the bus. the only downside is that my bus ride is only two express bus stops. sometimes i feel like staying on longer and getting lost in thought. i think this is partly because i used to have a 25 minute drive to work each day, but also because in college i had an hour long city bus ride. while it ate 2 hours out of my day, it was some seriously good downtime. i just sat, bundled up on the back of a warm bus, swaying back and forth. i'm pretty sure i fell asleep often.

this morning, éamon got dressed almost completely by himself. and this evening, otis did a lot of independent walking. i can't tell you how much of a relief it feels that my kids are becoming more and more skilled to do things on their own.

thorn: my work computer has this weird quirk. when you turn it on in the morning, the monitor often says "no signal detected". so you have to disconnect the monitor, over and over until it does work. today, it took an extra long time to get it working. i was starting to break into a sweat. i hate it when stuff like that happens. i just want it to work already!