Here’s a light post for your inbox this morning because sometimes my brain works in bullet points.

No, that actually sounds like my brain is very organized. That’s probably not the metaphor.

My brain ping-pongs around a lot, but let’s process by taking the jumble that’s in my brain and title this post TUESDAY THINGS.

There are so many things.

Like…

• Sometimes when I pick Ishu up from school, another kid will see me first and they’ll shout out, “ISHAAAAAAAAAN YOUR MOM IS HEREEEEEEE.” And then my brain goes “beep-beep-boop-boop-you’re-a-mom” And then I’m just like WOAH. I’M SOMEBODY’S MOTHER. As if I haven’t been doing this now for four years. As if I just realized that I have a child. TWO. Huh?
  
• Sometimes when I say something out loud that Ishu’s thinking about, his eyes will get really big and he’ll say, “HEY! STOP STEALING MY BRAIN!”
  
• Sometimes I really love the Buy Nothing group I’m in. To give away toys and things. But, also, we picked up a really beautiful, brand new yoga mat and blocks yesterday from someone a couple streets away and I’m so grateful. I feel like I’ve been wanting to do more yoga and maybe this is a nice little sign that it’s TIME.

• A few months ago, we were walking back from Navy Pier and the weather was really good and people were out and about. And one man was walking toward a group of men and women, and they looked like they were mixing some margs in the trunk of someone’s car. And the man shouted out, “MIAMI MIAMI MIAMI, TEQUILA TEQUILA TEQUILA.” And, because he kept repeating the word “tequila,” Ishu thought he was saying, “A-KEELA-THE” so now, sometimes, when we pass the same spot, he’ll shout out, “A-KEELA-THE, A-KEELA-THE, A-KEELA-THE” AND IT’S MY FAVORITE THING EVER.
  
• Riyu and I had a fun playdate at the museum yesterday. Back when we first moved to Chicago, I tried to connect with other moms through the Peanut app. And one of the mamas and I matched, but I kinda stopped using the app but we connected through Instagram. Our kiddos are three days apart and we met for the first time yesterday and hit it off! I am not great at initiating playdates, but I am very great at saying YES when someone else does. Grateful for all the mamas out there who make the effort and are so open to searching for community and connection.

• I now officially have SIX library cards on my Libby app. Which basically just means that I get to take some books off my TBR list and put them on my “Holds” list. But this new library card that I added (from Broward County for all you peeps that want to register for another library to get books from) lets you HAVE 20 AT THE SAME TIME. So, I shuffled some books around. Placed some holds in this library and canceled some holds in other libraries. I really think I’ve mastered some sort of Libby code. If you don’t have Libby, none of this will make sense to you. But if you don’t have Libby, what are you even doing with your life?

Okay, well this bullet point session is getting cut short since the little humans are awake. But we shall be back mañana.

Have a good one!