Hamilton Episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast

The Hamilton episode of the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast is everything I've ever wanted.

I keep saying, "Oh my god."

This podcast has the Sound Director of Hamilton basically giving away secrets about the music.

He makes explicit the details of the music that affect me so strongly as the story is told.  It's the explanation of why it affects us.  I appreciate this podcast because on my own, I don't have enough knowledge about or vocabulary of music orchestration and technology to do much more than just recognize that the music makes me think and feel very deeply.

Books Recommended by Daughter's BFF's Grandparents

The Hare with the Amber Eyes- DeWaal
Finding George Orwell in Burma- Emma Larkin
Sapiens- Yuil Harari
Orange is the New Black
Thinking Fast and Slow
A Visit from the Good Squad
The is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Also:Westport Playhouse

Quinton Quotes- Curses and Hand-him-downs

Yesterday:
Q: "Mom, is 'dumbass' a bad word?"
Me: "What?"
Q: "Is-- ohhhhh I get it, dumb ASS.  Yeah, that's a bad word."

Today:
I think I said the word "crap," as in, "If there wasn't so much CRAP in your room, that would have been easier to find."
Q got excited, and I thought it was because he was going to say I owed him money for cursing.  He might have been going to say that, but then he said, "Hey, Mom... can we curse, since just you are me are home?  Like, if no one else is home, can you and I curse?" He looked so hopeful.  I have to admit, it sounded kind of fun, but of course I couldn't agree to that.
Me: "No, that's probably not a good idea."
Him:  "The other day, I almost said a bad word, but I said 'FUNK.'  I said 'funk' instead of 'fuck.'  Oh shoot!"

Mom, it's so unfair.  All of Gregory's things are hand-him-downs.  They're all from Roderick.
- Q, May 2017

Looking at photos with my parents.  April 2017.
Q: Awwwww.  Why could I not time travel... and fix everything that's wrong with my hair.

The Kind of Reader I Am

I'm the kind of reader who starts a book and if she likes it, will choose reading it over most other things.
Why?
I want to learn as much as possible, is one reason.
The faster I can do that, the better.
I don't want to lose the story line.
In a way, I owe it to the book.  Right?

Books I've started recently and couldn't stop til I was done:
One for the Murphys (Fall)
Olive Kitteredge (earlier this month)
This current book I'm on, How to Survive a Plague.

I just have to see what happens.

The Kind of Learner I Am

The kind who has to write down all the steps from a Youtube tutorial.  

Kid Quotes- Baseball

C: Did you win?

Q: Mmmm it's hard to say... I think we... won, or we losed... I'm not sure.

This was from when Q was 7.  

Holdcroft Kids Smart Book

At one point I was caring for my sister's kids.  My brother-in-law left a manual so we'd know what to do.  He's a pilot.  I hear they are all about checklists!