I just turned on The Sound of Music for everyone1, a reprieve for semi-sick, cranky kids on a thundery, humid, afternoon. While my children are being beguiled by Julie Andrews2, here are five things rolling around in my brain:
I thought about making this a “what’s saving my life” post, and if I had done that, the number one thing on that list would be Walmart+. As a rule, I am good at executing a meal plan and figuring out grocery shopping. I managed when we were 55 miles from the grocery store (pregnant! during Covid!) for a whole year. But ever since we got here it’s like that part of my brain broke. I cannot make it turn back on. I did recently find the dry erase marker to write a meal plan on the whiteboard, so we’re making progress, but it’s slow and stilting. I’m in a weird limbo where I still can’t quite remember which stores are where, and when to visit them to avoid beach traffic, and every single chain around us is foreign to me except for Walmart and Costco (which is far enoug…