• Summer will end, won’t it?

    While I’m in no hurry to end Beth’s summer vacation, I can’t wait for the season to change. In Florida, the season changes sometime around Halloween. About one quarter of the leaves fall off the oak tree out front, so we don’t get the full fall treatment. But the temperatures do cool off a bit. By then football season is in full swing, followed by basketball and hockey season. So to sum it up: the weather gets comfortable and all the sports that really matter get into the swing of things. Now throw in all the major holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. People stop talking about fluid replacement and sunscreen; and start talking about fantasy leagues, betting pools, sweaters and open windows. I for one am ready.

  • The server is going strong.

    The site is running on our own server. I walk past it every time I enter my home. I give it a loving pat on the head every time I walk past. There have been no problems so far. I relish the cool factor of the whole thing – even if no one else particularly cares. One thing must change though; I’ve got to work on Cheryl. One way or another, Cheryl will embrace the home server idea. She WILL pay homage to the great web master of the house!

    No, it’s not likely.

  • On the first day of school…

    One of my favorite commercials of all time is an Office Depot add. A man and his children are walking through the isles of Office Depot with a familiar Christmas season tune playing in the background – setting the mood. The father is happily lip-syncing the words to the song as he glides down the isle. The children are dragging each step as if they are being led to their own execution. The male vocals cue up: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” It just cracks me up.

    Now here’s the thing. (You knew there had to be a thing, didn’t you?) I can’t say that I identify with the parent in the add. I am personally indifferent to the whole thing. Whether school is in session or not, our schedule remains the same. During the summer we drop off and pick up Beth at (anonymous location #1) for summer camp. During the school year we drop off and pick up Beth at (anonymous location #1) for before and after care. In case you didn’t pick up on it – it’s the same place. My schedule remains the same throughout the year. Therefore, my only interest is my daughter’s interest. My daughter has been a little nervous about first grade, thus I have been a little nervous about first grade. I can remember when I was in school. In those early years didn’t exactly look forward to the school year either. Now that I’m the parent things haven’t changed much – no matter what Office Depot says.