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Off to Oxford!
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Off to Oxford!

JessicaJuly 2, 2022July 1, 2022

We leave today for Oxford for my 3-week summer experience. I am SUPER nervous forContinue reading

2022: June Goal Reflection
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2022: June Goal Reflection

JessicaJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022

1. Leave the state of Florida once. Not me, but Will went to Kansas City,Continue reading

2022 Summer Plans
Art & Humanities

2022 Summer Plans

JessicaJune 2, 2022May 31, 2022

As always, our summers are CRAZY!!! Are you ready for this??? Not sure we are.Continue reading

2022: May Goal Reflection
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2022: May Goal Reflection

JessicaJune 1, 2022May 31, 2022

1. Leave the state of Florida once. I left Central Florida for South Florida, feelsContinue reading

Oxford University: Modern Warfare & Refugees Since 1918 Reading List
04. Later Europe & Americas

Oxford University: Modern Warfare & Refugees Since 1918 Reading List

JessicaMay 31, 2022May 17, 2022

Last week I got my GINORMOUS and EXTENSIVE reading list for my Oxford University summerContinue reading

AP Art History Hunting in Florence, Italy
03. Early Europe & Colonial Americas

AP Art History Hunting in Florence, Italy

JessicaMay 19, 2022May 17, 2022

Like Rome, Florence is another city dripping in art history – the city itself isContinue reading

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1. My mom: apparently the garbage truck was a whol 1. My mom: apparently the garbage truck was a whole morning activity. 🚛 2 & 3. I think we nailed this DIY Halloween.🎃 🍫 4. Cool dude 😎 5. All Saints Day Mass & date night @sushipopofficial 🕯️🍱 6-7. Hometown high school rivalry game (we only lasted until 7:30). 🏈 8. Saturday morning walk with momma. 🐜 (not shown was the mountain of chores I got done) 9. Bark n Brew Saturday afternoon. 🐶 🍻 10. Sunday morning yoga. 🧘 #jisforjourney #32weekspregnant #oviedoflorida #yoga #furiosifamily #allsaintsday #relics #willywonkaandthechocolatefactory #halloween2023 #2yearsold #fridaynightlights #highschoolfootball
H A P P Y 🎃 H A L L O W E E N from Willy Wonka H A P P Y 🎃 H A L L O W E E N from Willy Wonka & the gang! 🍭🍫 🍬💛
1️⃣ This book is my foundation for getting thr 1️⃣ This book is my foundation for getting through third trimester! 🤰 (The author got WACKO during COVID so I no longer follow her & quite honestly don’t want to financially support her 🤪 so if you want the book, I’ll lend it to you.) 2️⃣ Treat after my OBGYN (no sugar boba). 🧋 3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ Homecoming for both our high schools. 🥳 8️⃣9️⃣ Saturday Zoo Boo Bash @centralflzoo with my parents which meant I got to take a nice long morning nap!!! 😴 Sunday (no pics): 8am mass, play date with @carlatortilla & then @courtney.furiosi came over in the afternoon with homemade yummy bread. 🥖 All in all a fantastic week & so ready to have my parents over this next week for Hallow-tide! 🎃 🕯️ 👻 ••• #jisforjourney #thirdtrimesterproblems #homecoming #catholicmom #madeforthis #dressup #bobatea #zoo
This is the only photo I have from this week. Offi This is the only photo I have from this week. Officially in the third trimester 🎉 and extremely tired of negotiating & dealing with insurance and benefits to get what I think is justice for my family and my pregnancy. Had to do all this last time & doing it again… 💪 🤰#thirdtrimester #jisforjourney
For every low this week, there was a high. Real li For every low this week, there was a high. Real life in balance. Gestational diabetes was a real low but @acalvo_94 spending the weekend with us & taking William to Disney was a high. 🩸🏰 ••• Reminding myself that allllll my medications & interventions & diagnoses are the only reason I can even carry a baby to term. As upsetting & exhausting as it all is, the fact that I get to hug & kiss my baby tonight, when I loss 3 before him, makes it all worth it. 🌈 👶 ••• #highriskpregnancy #unfilteredmotherhood #jisforjourney #magickingdom #cfscoffee #gestationaldiabetes #walk #itsokdad
Not much happening this week. We got back Sunday e Not much happening this week. We got back Sunday evening from DC, Tuesday we hosted William’s baptism anniversary fondue dinner with @courtney.furiosi & his padrino. 🫕 🥦 🍴🍷🥖🍅🍎🍝Otherwise it was quite yet busy trying to get something’s in order for Halloween 🎃 ☠️ & sorting stuff for baby no. 2. 👶 Still not yet in the third trimester but I feel like I am! 🤰 ••• #jisforjourney #baptismanniversary #catholic #27weekspregnant #2yearsold
UPDATE: these didn’t upload correctly, Will fix UPDATE: these didn’t upload correctly, Will fix tomorrow. This week’s update is really just this weekend’s update. The Furiosis flew to Washington, DC so Will could attend a conference. While Will did that William & I hung out with Tia & attended mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Oh and I’m super excited to have crossed another AP Art History image of my list: Electronic Superhighway!!!
I realize this has essentially become all toddler I realize this has essentially become all toddler & pregnancy updates #sorry that’s just been the bulk of where my brain & body have been lately.🤰Honestly, work is going really smoothly this year, so not much to update there but I’ll try to add more of that next week. 1. Monday yoga (that is the # 1 thing I did last time to prep for an unmedicated birth & hoping for the same this time.) 🧘‍♀️ 2. Soooo I ended up in the ER (again). My stupid heart (again). I’m ok, baby is ok! ❤️‍🩹 3. I rested the ER visit day (my amazing intern took over my classes). 👨‍🏫 4-6. A suspiciously smooth Saturday with a rambunctious toddler. 📸 Not pictured: the park birthday party we went to. 7 & 8. Sunday afternoon walk with momma. 🚶🚶 📸 Not pictured: birthday brunch date with @thefuriosity ••• #jisforjourney #2yearsold #svt #yoga #25weekspregnant #ervisit
By Friday was was WIPED: 3 doctors appointments + By Friday was was WIPED: 3 doctors appointments + meetings + busy work week + toddler. 🏥 👩🏻‍🏫 🗓️ 🏃‍♂️ I still managed to fold a load of towels (we shy away from paper towels in the kitchen) & wash + hung out colors for Saturday morning folding. 🧺 🧼 🍽️ I also got a short but sweet nap on Friday afternoon too! 😴 ••• We involve William with pretty much every household task. Not because it makes it easier by any means but because we think it’s important for him to be involved and it’s fun to watch him pick up new skills. ••• Saturday morning we also went to @orlandosciencecenter & out to lunch at @reyesmezcaleria 🍊🌮🍹••• Every Sunday after @oviedocatholic mass we go watch the turtles in the pond, this morning we had the alligator too! 🐢😮🐊 After mass we went out to the NEW @cfscoffee in Oviedo. ☕️ 🥯 (By the way, we don’t ever go out to eat this much. I was just absolutely wiped by the weekend and I knew I needed a little bit of a reset if I was going to make it into the next week.)••• #jisforjourney #floridalife #laundry #housechores #2yearsold #furiosifamily #sciencecenter #alligator
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Hello! My name is Jessica & I am the content creator of J is for Journey; I started this blog way back in the fall of 2013 when I left to teach English Italy. And here I am, many years later, still blogging about travel, art history and religion – my three great passions in life. Now, with the birth of our son, I have added a fourth passion: motherhood. I hope you enjoy the journey!

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