changes in latitudes…

I’m a total latitude snob.  Seriously.  I LOVE being warm – my knees don’t ache, my fingers don’t ache and I have no excuses not to exercise.  Swim, bike, run.  Did it all this week.

OMG, I just got an ocular migraine (scintillating scotoma) while posting (right eye).  Still feels weird.  So glad for Google though.

Okay, I guess that wasn’t a TIA but an optical migraine per Dr. Google. Weird, and I still have a headache in that eye…

So I don’t really *do* NY resolutions, but have been wanting to make some changes for a while but just don’t put the energy into doing it. Start of a new year makes it somehow easier though. So, this year, I am going to make the following a priority.

One on one time with the kids. You’d think that since they’re home all day we’d be together all the time but they are just not at all involved. I’m planning to do 1:1 with one kid a week. We have tried this in many forms previously but since the kids all wanted to have time with each parent every week we got bogged down in the details after trying a few times and then dropped it as it became just too hard to manage. So it won’t be “fair” and it won’t be the quantity that they want but it will be better than the nothing of now.

Tell my kids something good about themselves. I am really good at asking if they’ve taken the dog for a walk, done their job, done their math, etc. but not so good at randomly expressing my pride in them (and they are SUCH GREAT KIDS) other than very occasional recognition of stuff they’re doing. So starting with month 1 (Enero) I’ll single each kid out once a day and recognize them for something. Next month, twice. Third month, 3 times, etc. I had a hard time falling asleep last night (as I was planning this) as I was already stockpiling compliments. Geez.

I’ll have to finish this later.