Today I Am a Mean Ex
My ex agreed to handle Scout uniforms if I would handle karate uniforms. This weekend is New Scout’s first camping trip. Ex kept telling me it was next weekend. I kept saying “Scoutmaster told me it was the weekend after Labour Day. This weekend.” Guess who was right. (But I wasn’t mean yet. I didn’t […]
Seven-Year-Old Traffic Cop
You just gotta love this story. I’d love to hug this kid, and deposit money in his college fund for every speeder he’s caught. (‘cept I’m broke.) You have to wonder why the real cops aren’t taking advantage of this. Heck, let the kid give them traffic citations—he’d probably get a huge kick out of […]
Gevalt!
I’m sick. I don’t mean just “ugh, I don’t feel all that great” sick. I mean, so sick I’ve been in bed since 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a brief attempt to go to work Thursday morning and a trip to the doctor on Thursday afternoon being the only times I’ve been up until this evening. […]
Kids Do the Darndest Things!
I don’t know what it is about Opening Night of a play that brings out the weird in my family. My church’s annual musical revue, a fundraiser for the organ fund, opened tonight. So last night was dress rehearsal. I had planned to take the kids, since this weekend is a visitation one, but then […]
Sometimes, It’s Funny
So my last post related the story of the visitation weekend when my kids had a soccer game and church responsibilities and the ex wanted to take a “day trip” to a town six hours away to meet his brothers, who were in Atlanta and would like to meet him halfway. After a lot of […]
Sibling Rivalry
My boys are all boy. And that means that I have to live, day in and day out, with the most outrageous levels of competitive spirit. The boys love each other, but each is determined to outdo the other, in everything. Most days, I can handle the competition with equanimity. But yesterday I lost my […]
Almost There….
Basketball season, for my kids’ teams, will end on Saturday. I’m glad. They decided halfway through the season that they really didn’t care for basketball, after all, and it’s been tough to motivate them when their teams are losing games. Last night, my younger son was angry because one of the boys on his team […]
The Kids Are Home
They went to Reelfoot Lake with their father to watch the eagles. They had a great time, and are full of stories …. though I heard more about the dead beaver than I did about the bald eagles. I’m not sure how my older son is handling this crazy week. Both of them are excited […]