I’m in Boston for a swim meet. Boston is beautiful at night. I’m really looking forward to the next three days. For the first time in I don’t know how long — definitely more than a year — I’m alone for more than a couple hours. Like totally alone. And this picture sums up how […]
Life at My House
Reality
I have gotten so much better about staying on top of the house. BUT… This past week we had a snow day on Monday, a delayed opening on Tuesday, early dismissal on Friday, 4 kids in 15 different Y swim practices, a Y swim meet, middle school swim team time trials, 2 wrestling practices, a […]
Evolution, Growth, and Self-Awareness
Everyone knows we are a big swim family. We’ve done lots of baseball and basketball and cross country and track. We’ve done karate and we’ve done lacrosse and soccer. This year we added wrestling into the mix. Wrestling is new territory. And it’s no joke. I went to Lehigh University, and they have — or […]
The Kids Did Good Today
This if the first time I’m sitting down since about 6 am this morning. It’s been a busy day. Not the relaxing Sunday I had hoped for. But I put up the outdoor Christmas lights and decorations. And we put up our tree. We didn’t break one single ornament. Nobody cried. Nobody even fought or […]
Here Are Some Deceptive Holiday Photos For You
We got our Christmas tree tonight. We do the same thing every year. We go to Stew Leonards, a local store, and we pick out our tree. I like going there because the process is super streamlined and they have lots of people helping and they wrap your tree up and put it on top […]
Parkinson’s Law
How many times have you had a whole day available to you with a big to-do list and an even bigger expectation of how much you are going to get done only to find yourself wondering where the f*ck the day went and zero things on your list completed? And how many times have you […]
