Weekly Roundup: December 20, 2024

‘Twas the week before Christmas and all the mothers of young children were losing their minds… This will be a quick roundup because I am, in fact, losing my mind. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate. I hope you sneak in some relaxation in the midst of the craziness. I’ll see you in 2025. Here’s the roundup!

Quote of the week:
“We are all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding.” –Beau Taplin, Buried Light

What I’m reading:
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly. So funny and charming.

What I’m listening to:
How Do You Feel?: One Doctor’s Search for Humanity in Medicine by Jessi Gold. If you’re new to psych-lit, this is a good one. If you’ve been around that block several times, this will seem kind of basic.

What I’m watching:
I took my daughter to see “Wicked” and it was SO FANTASTIC. I can’t wait for Part 2. As far as shows, I’m still in the midst of Shrinking and Bad Sisters. I’ve also gotten very into Silo.

Writing news:
We are officially less than six months away from the release of Woman on the Verge. Cover is coming soon! I just sent the first draft of my 2026 novel (title TBD) to my early readers. I feel good about it!

Interesting things I learned this week:
Honestly, my brain is completely fried. The only interesting thing I’m recalling is that the murder hornet has been eradicated from the U.S. Hallelujah?

Weirdest thing I googled this week:
“drones new jersey.” If you haven’t fallen down this rabbit hole, I recommend doing so.

What I’m grateful for:

Winter break! My daughter has a TON of energy so entertaining her for two weeks will be a challenge, but I’m also planning lots of fun for us. It will be nice just to have a break from the rushing routine of weekday morningsSeeing “Wicked” with my daughter and a local “Nutcracker” performance too. I love doing theater-y things with herAll the fun holiday activities at school, finishing with yesterday’s holiday breakfast. The kids sang some songs and it was so cute!Sending off this first draft of my 2026 novel. This was a challenging writing process for me, sneaking in small blocks of writing time while very busy with my day job and motherhoodEnjoying my runs lately. I’m doing some base building training before kicking off official training for the Boston Marathon. Everything is feeling great

Pet snapshots of the week:

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