Dear Mrs. L, I had planned on writing you a heartfelt note to give to you at the end of the school year. And then time got away from me. So forgive me for typing it here. But I still want to get it done, and time is still escaping me. Last night Number 5 […]
Archives for June 2015
I wanted to punish her, but maybe I should thank her.
Number 7 smashed my iPad screen on Saturday. Totally shattered it. I was a little bit pissed. I’m sure it’s fixable; I suppose I can have the screen replaced. But it won’t be cheap. So I’ve just left it sitting on my bedside table. And you know what? I haven’t missed it. I haven’t lost it […]
My Hero
Happy Birthday Number 3. You are my Renaissance man. Ridiculously talented in so many ways. Sometimes you drive me to the brink of insanity. I think it’s because you don’t really comprehend how talented and amazing you are. My hope for you is that someday you truly understand this about yourself. You saved my life ten years […]
What I Learned This Weekend
I coached a swim meet this weekend, all weekend. I was on deck on Saturday for thirteen and a half hours. Most of the time it was pouring rain and cold. I was soaking wet and freezing and ill-prepared for the weather as the forecast was completely wrong and I didn’t bring rain gear or […]
How I threw a kids’ birthday party that didn’t suck for $15.
A couple weeks ago I wrote a birthday guideline post that was applauded by many but that also had thousands of people ripping me a new a-hole. Because I guess wasting thousands of dollars on a party for a one-year-old makes sense to a lot of people. And apparently lots of people don’t read very […]
I’m a last-day-of-school failure.
Today was our last day of school. I had big plans for the end of the school year this year. I was going to hand write really thoughtful notes to all the kids’ teachers. I was even going to give them a gift that didn’t cost me much money but which would be completely individualized […]