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A lovely blessing, thank you!     Thank you, Sea!     Cassis is on the Côte d'Azur, near Marseilles. It has lovely cliffs that the impressionists liked to paint, and we are near the sea. There are charming little villages, like Aix en Provence, that can be reached by car. But I will mostly rest and look at the trees and water and cliffs.      Thank you, Ever!  There's no specific internet at the house, only whatever my phone has, so I may drop in just briefly to say hello. I'm not really sure how much internet data my phone has. Probably plenty for browsing but not videos?

I've really kicked the distance up another notch by walking to a local independent coffee house in the mornings.  You would think this would be enough to close the distance between me and @TimovieMan, but he's been dropping some impressive stats himself (well done!)   I've got just under 50 miles left to get to Rauros (about 80 km for you sensible folk), and I'm hoping the weather here continues to be great.  I love Virginia in the springtime.

Have a great time in France!

It's extra bad when students come and ask me things like, "I was gone yesterday, what did we do in class?" and I legitimately don't remember. Though that has honestly happened for a while now, given that I'm run ragged with twenty thousand things on my plate at work. Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not even 100% sure how many years I've worked here...is this year 3 or 4? 🤔   Thanks! Though of course yesterday's doctor appointment has me all worried about my supply all over again, despite the measurable increase...   Oh yeah, we'd be up a creek without a paddle if the range was out too!! Honestly it would be annoying but not a problem except my favorite chicken and my lactation cookies are both baked. Though our pediatrician always asks if we need any help with food, housing, or transportation so my husband goes, "yeah, do you know where to get a cheap oven?" 🤦‍♀️ Not what they meant by that question honey...   Baby Girl got a great report from the doctor overall. She's growing lengthwise beautifully, hanging out right about the 70th percentile still (where she has been steadily practically since birth) but her weight percentile plummeted. We made it all the way up to the 50th percentile at 2 months and today at 4 months we were down to the 29th percentile  She did gain weight between appointments (from 11 pounds 4 ounces to 13 pounds 8 ounces) so the pediatrician isn't worried, but it wasn't enough weight to keep her percentile even close to steady, so I'm fretting about it even though they told me not to!!  We also got our next round of vaccines, which led to a fever last night and some extra fussiness this morning, but infant Tylenol and cuddles are helping her through it 👍   Also, the kindergartener came home with his first major school project - an oral presentation on an animal they will see at the zoo! They are going on a field trip next Wednesday, so they are doing research ahead of time, will visit the animals on Wednesday, and then on Thursday they each have to present their information about their animal to their classmates. Of course, my son said he couldn't pick an animal so the teacher assigned him one...then he told the teacher he forgot which animal he was assigned, so he picked a second animal...and now he's trying to talk us and his teacher into letting him do two oral presentations. What's funniest is that he is very much not the overachiever type of kid either, he just legit is that indecisive about what animal to present on! So hopefully his teacher will get back to me today about that issue because we are planning on a library session on Saturday to work on this. Though I've already submitted holds for books on both animals...just in case 😂   Challenge update: Quest 1 - Nutrition Breakfast/lunch - More breakfast egg wraps; yesterday's lunch ended up being mac and cheese with chicken mixed in and today's lunch will be another round of greek yogurt + mix-ins 96 ounces of water - Yesterday I beat this but not by as much as usual, ending around 110 ounces in total. Today I'm only about 44 ounces in so far, but it'll start adding up here soon! Mornings always are slow because I drink my coffee first but don't count anything for this that isn't water.   Quest 2 - Movement “Extra movement” - nothing more yesterday   Quest 3 - Family Quilt - no more progress yet Weekly post on Moment Garden - Nothing else posted yet...   Quest 4 - (28 days of) Work Spanish 3 and 4 curriculums - At 15 out of 18 still, really super duper need to get going on this again   ER quizzes - still at 8/15, also need to get my butt moving here... Japanese - Still failing at this, not sure how much I care right this second though honestly 🤷‍♀️ It honestly did matter to me at the start of the challenge, just not right at this moment in time anymore

What will you get to see in France?

you deserve serious points for dealing so well with all this. Surprise house guests (especially awkward ones) are legendary level encounters for sure.  ps. Birthday lasagna sounds amazing. 

Agree. It is so good to hear you souning more yourself. May the Houseguest go with God and godspeed.     Happy Adventuring! ❤️ 

Hope you have a lovely holiday. 

Can you set up a fan to air out the basement (and let it run while you are elsewhere)?   Cleaning a basement is bad enough without having to deal with dust and the smell of musty things.

I hope you have a great trip and that it is the ideal balance of stimulating and restful.