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I've seen a few people participate in this lengthy survey about educational privilege, and the support one received from the adults in one's life. So, here's mine:

Adults responsible for your care actively helped facilitate your early learning. (Reading at bedtime, playing educational games, going to child-friendly museums...)
I don’t remember being read to at bedtime when I was little, but I’m 100% sure I was. My dad would sometimes read me books in the daytime; my mom would still sometimes read at night when I was a bit older, if I was sick. Mom & I played 3D tic-tac-toe, Connect 4, checkers, backgammon, cards, and other games that taught strategy and spatial awareness. I do know I got to attend a few kid-friendly science museums, although I don’t really remember that.

( The rest of my answers under here )

And we certainly tried our best to pass on that support to our own kids as they went through the school system, as well.

So I obviously fell off the DW wagon almost immediately. I really need to get better at turning to DW rather than obsessively checking IG or FB for memes, responses, etc. :-P

Since I last wrote, I started my new job as the leave-replacement librarian at our elementary school. I officially started on Jan 20 (Tues), with two days of overlap with the outgoing librarian, and then I was officially "on" by Thursday. ( Brief overview )

( The Monday Blues )

In the rest of my life: I've only been getting an average of 1 TKD lesson per week; it's been hard to find days that work with my schedule, my exhaustion level, their availability to do live streaming, etc. This past week I missed it entirely, although that's partly because I attended the NJ School Librarian Assn/NJ Library Assn conference in Atlantic City on Wed, necessitating my driving there on Tuesday night and back on Wed night, so no TKD class on either night. And in general I'm still working on doing more constructive things with my free time other than games or doomscrolling on my phone. I HAVE managed to watch all of Heated Rivalry (SO GOOD), and am midway through Bridgerton S4 (not done yet with the half that was already released). I have not gotten to see ANY of the Winter Olympics, because I'm usually doing something else when I DO get to sit down, and don't have time to just sit and WATCH something. *sadface* (The only way I watched Heated Rivalry and Bridgerton was when I was on the exercise bike/treadmill.)

It's the Chinese Year of the Horse! Both MiniPlu and Will are horses; in fact, Will is a fire horse, like this year. (Nina's a water horse.) ( In sadder news: an orphan is re-orphaned )

And speaking of death - this Thursday will be the one-year mark for my dad. Still doesn't feel real sometimes.

It's been a year since we left for NZ as well, and I wish so much I could go back. We're going to Europe over spring break this year, so it's not like we don't have something to look forward to, but still - NZ! *more sadface*

I think that's about it from here? Will do a separate post for books.