1. Dominic has been completing another round of immunotherapy this week and has tolerated it well so far (and managed to get some schoolwork done, too). His last infusion is tomorrow, and we’ll be home tomorrow night or Sunday morning; very thankful to have another round behind us and hopefully be a step closer to the end of treatment.

2. Every 9/11, I look at the sky and marvel at how blissfully blue it was that morning. I can’t believe it’s been 25 years; I still remember every detail of that day. Driving in to my morning class in college, I heard about the first plane on the radio, thinking it was a prop plane and freak accident. By the end of my first class, there were administrators outside of the rooms, telling people to return to dorms or leave campus if you didn’t live in the dorms. Taking HOURS to get home because of gridlock caused by everyone trying to get home. Cell phones not working. The eerie quiet of the backyard sky when we stood outside, then came the thundering sound of fighter jets. It was terrifying and surreal. Where were you? What do you remember?

3. My kids have all taken so well to the new school year and all seem to be enjoying it. I was most nervous about Joseph’s transition to middle school and while the workload has definitely increased, he has been SO happy, thoroughly enjoying everything, and doing really, really well with the work and higher expectations. I’m so proud of him.

4. I am about halfway done with Winter Garden and am loving it; I’m planning to read The Calamity Club once I finish. What are you reading right now?

5. I love the idea of a September reset.

6. How reading over coffee can help increase focus. There really was something to morning coffee over the newspaper!

7. Love this compilation of advice from James Clear:

8. And one more nugget from one of his recent newsletters:

“Modern life is largely spent in three positions: sitting, standing, and lying down.

Try to break the mold. Spend more time this week doing something besides sitting, standing, or lying down. Go for a walk, stretch in the grass, swim in the pool, kneel in the garden, climb a hill. Or you can sit or stand, but add something to it. Paint while you stand. Bike while you sit.

Our physical abilities rarely vanish overnight. They usually fade away from disuse. The body trains for tomorrow based on what it is asked to do today.”

9. This week at the hospital, Dominic has been re-watching the movie McFarland, USA… it’s a Kevin Costner movie from about 10 years ago, based on a true story about a cross country team in California. It’s on Disney+ if you’re looking for something new to watch as a family.

10. TGIF! Judith likes to keep my pillow warm while I’m gone 🩷

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