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TGIM

April 5th, 2010

What a weekend. Friday I came home early, having contracted whatever plague Michael had brought home. The disease we’d shared was characterized by an unrelentingly stuffy nose. He suffered through his bout by continual, vigorous sniffing. This of course served no useful purpose other than to annoy his older sister; it did not provide any [...]

Trouble. With a capital “M”

February 26th, 2010

Upon picking up Michael from Ms S’s yesterday, I was for the third time this month presented with The Book. I do not like being presented with The Book. It is unpleasant. It is distasteful. It is wearying. I lightly skimmed the words in the book, wincing at reading the narration of Michael’s unprovoked aggression [...]

Spare a Quarter?

January 25th, 2010

I really need to buy myself a sense of humor. The fact that my wife laughed at my irritation this morning is a clue upon which I ought to ruminate at length. You see, I was in a rush to get out the door. This is my normal operating mode on any given weekday. I [...]

Why I’m In A Hurry

June 8th, 2009

Sunday. 1:30 PM. I’m rushing to the grocery store for the second time in two hours. Rushing. Hurrying. Again. As I’m driving, I begin to ponder upon my nearly constant need to hurry. So many people have said, for so many years, that we as a people need to slow down; that our pace is [...]

Friday Fragments

June 5th, 2009

A few random, short things worth mentioning, since other topics I have in the works are not ready for prime time: MedicationMichael’s getting weaned off of his anti-seizure medication. Just recently I posted that his EEG came back normal and that the doctor would be letting us know whether or not we could start easing [...]

Random Chunks

May 22nd, 2009

Michael shnookered his mom into letting him stay home with her yesterday. This almost always happens when I have to go into work early and leave her in his clutches. He’ll work up a sniffle or a cough and whine to a degree sufficient to tug at her hearstrings and bend her to his will. [...]

Just A Simple Cleaning

March 13th, 2009

Wednesday was going to be a big day for me: firing on all cylinders at work to prepare for an early morning presentation the next day, a quick trip home in the afternoon for a dentist appointment and then to start on pizza dough for the evening’s dinner, finishing up at work, racing home to [...]

Yes, folks, I got me another dose of edumacation in Oregon traffic law this morning! See, as I might have mentioned yesterday, I’m in a bit of a stress mode lately with this project at work. Last night I had hoped to work from home, but magically the mysterious internet connection juju did not function, [...]

Notes from the Road

February 18th, 2009

To get the most out of our three-day weekend, my wife and I took the kids to Joseph, Oregon to visit with my wife’s folks and play in the snow. That extra day made it the perfect opportunity to make the six and a half hour trek across the state. The visit was good, the [...]

Fun With Tires

November 6th, 2008

It was a typical Tuesday morning. I kissed my wife as she went off to her job, then herded Michael into the van to head off to Ms K’s. I was going to be on time to work today; I might even redeem myself somewhat for the previous day’s slip-up. We were only a few [...]

Who’s Michael?

Michael is the surprise son of a second-time married couple who, having daughters from their respective previous marriages, believed they were through having kids. He's a red-headed ball of fire who hit the ground running and hasn't stopped to take a breath since. Every day he gives me new ways to learn patience, resourcefulness, firmness and love by providing intense training under live fire conditions.

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