Quote of the week:
“I thought I was alone who suffered. I went on top of the house and found every house on fire.” -Baba Farid
What I’m reading:
Moms Don’t Have Time to Have Kids: A Timeless Anthology by Zibby Owens
What I’m listening to:
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazzato
What I’m watching:
What Happened, Brittany Murphy? on HBO Max
Together on Amazon Prime
Writing news:
Nothing to report this week. I took the week off from writing or doing anything writing-related.
What I’m talking about:
- The Los Angeles Marathon! I did it! My time was 3:38:40, so I qualified for the Boston Marathon. We’ll see if I get in!
- The infrastructure bill that passed last weekend and why it’s important
- The Great Resignation–a record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September (source)
- The downsides of working from home and the lack of division between job/family responsibilities (which hits moms hardest, as this article discusses)
- The end of Daylight Savings Time and how every parent is in distress
Interesting things I learned this week:
- A little boy in Alabama has the World Record for the most premature baby to survive–he was born 19 weeks early and weighed just 14.8 ounces! (read here)
- Fewer than half of people in the U.S. are part of a religious congregation (source)
- The COVID-19 pandemic has generated more than 8 million tons of plastic waste, much of which has ended up in the ocean (source)
Weirdest thing I googled this week:
“Youngest person to run a marathon.” I was curious. Turns out there is a boy from India, Budhia Singh, who ran a marathon when he was THREE (read here).
What I’m grateful for:
I’ve been full of gratitude for my health and loved ones this week. I really enjoyed my marathon experience and am happy to say that my body is about 90% recovered (there were a couple days of hobbling around). I’m so thankful to my family who came out to support me. What an experience. I already want to do it again!
