✨️ Mel's Sunday Shift week of JUN 14
🧠 Reflection I'm continuing on this goal of creating more levity and humor. And I did something this week I'm excited about. I created three YT playlists for myself based on length of time. Less than fifteen minutes, fifteen to thirty minutes, or greater than thirty minutes. Because a lot of times it's that... I know what I like, but it's close to bedtime, and I'm quite diligent about going to bed on time. So I'm like, oh, I don't have time. Most days I don't have time for entertainment screen time. So now I can sort by how much time I have. And it's funny stuff there. I watched one. I'm excited because I've just reduced the friction and made it a bit more accessible. I also want to celebrate a win. My three-year-old learned how to ride his two-wheeler without training wheels last weekend. And this weekend, he rode it to soccer. It just filled my cup. Mostly because, as much as we try to incorporate movement with toddlers, those of you with toddlers know they move at an exploratory speed that is not exercise. Every step is a very slow step. And that changed on a dime, because now I'm jogging next to this little bike. So it's just super cute. I can see wanting to do these bike jogs all summer long. And I want to share a specific situation I thought was hilarious. My husband and I have a recurring date with our babysitter, which means we now have a date night once a month. Our date night was at a restaurant, and there were three kids who were quite loud at the table next to us. Honestly, that didn't really bother us at all. But we overheard the parents kind of talk to their children, in other words, simmer down, this couple is trying to have a romantic dinner. We thought it was pretty hilarious. And as they were leaving, and we were kind of leaving at the same time, they apologized for all of the noise they had created. Which, honestly, we still weren't complaining about. But they were self-conscious about it. The hilarious part is that when one of the sisters was paying the bill, the other sister was like, oh, tell me how much I owe. And she said, no, no, you can just thank Ken, because Ken is paying the bill. So as they're apologizing for being quite loud, my husband asks how we could have access to some kind of Ken money too. And then they just started laughing, because we had assumed Ken was her husband, but Ken is apparently an ex. It was just hilarious.