Sure things break, but do they have to break all at once? Here’s this week’s tally: Cheryl’s car (twice), our DVD player, the microwave oven, and my patience. Oh, I forgot to mention the rotting trim on the front porch. Cheryl’s car is not a surprise. I’ve regretted that purchase for 5 years now. The other things are relatively new, so they shouldn’t have broken. Appliances should last…
Things with Beth have not been easy lately. Beth has been spending time with the school administration all too often, and I’m beginning to get a little worried. I’m not sure what we’re supposed to do about it, but I’m hoping that some of the folks that we’ve arranged to speak to in the near future will have some good advice.
You hope that you are doing a good job raising your child, and…
When I watch a movie I consider “good”, I am moved. I am moved to believe I am capable of greater things. I am moved to believe that life has a greater meaning that we tend to take for granted. Afterwards, I sometimes feel emotionally spent. Other times I feel emotionally charged. But most of all, I come away from the movie somewhat changed since going in. Sure, the change is mostly fleeting.
Touching off a flurry of excitement in our little sphere of influence, Conner joined the rest of us out here in the real world on Monday. My first instinct was to compare this experience of seeing a new baby, newly arrived in this world, with my last. I have determined that there is no comparing the two. Each experience is unique, and no less special. One good thing though, I didn’t have to…
The highlight of the week came on Saturday. I decided to do something bold. Yes, I decided to load OS X (10.2) on my four year old iMac sitting in our living room. No, you did not hear me wrong, I did it. Not all that interesting you say? Go read something else.
But wait, it gets better. The new OS has allowed us to venture into a realm that we’ve only dared to dream about until now: printer…
We celebrated another birthday this week. For those keeping score, with 13 days down and 18 to go we have 2 birthdays behind us and 3 more to look forward to. So far, this year’s birthdays have been my favorite to date. Well, let me qualify that, they have been my favorite birthdays as a pseudo-adult (I’m still clinging tenously to some long since past childhood). Looming in the near future is…
Illness returned to our lives this week. Beth missed a day of school and I missed a day of work. We traveled to the doctor’s office to check things out. It turns out our things check out mostly fine. We then headed over to my allergist’s office for my shots. I thought Beth would get a kick out of seeing someone else get shots for a change, but she didn’t want to have anything to do with that…