For the first time since the pandemic began, the four of us braved dining inside a restaurant for Meggan's birthday. It felt great to be back "around" other people. The kids were clearly rusty at things like ordering, cloth napkins, free refills, etc. Luckily, they were able to get it all sorted out by the time dessert came.
When the chain pops off your kid's bike, you have two choices as a parent... fix it for them so you can be their hero.... or teach them how to fix it so they can be someone else's hero one day. I chose the second option. This falls in line with what I tell Amelia all the time (although I'm probably not supposed to say in 2021) - Learn the things that make you never NEED a "man". That way, you can only have them around when you WANT to.
Everett: I don't like reading. It's boring.
Also Everett: Let me show you all the books I've read recently and tell you one at a time what each one is about in an insane amount of detail even though we've already been in the bookstore for an hour.
Life has been crazy around here in both good and not so good ways. My sister visited with us all of last week - very good. Both dogs decided to have vet emergencies just in case I was looking for a fun way to spend $1,000 - not so good. Various family members received various vaccines - Good. I had one of those weeks at the office where you can't get actual work done because you're in 100 meetings to talk about why the work isn't done yet - not so good. It's on these weeks that I decide I am no longer going to post on here. I love it, but I just can't scratch the time out of my day to do it with any consistency. So, rather than let the readers dwindle away from boredom or apathy, I should just walk away. Then, Halloween rolls around and I get a picture of this adorable little guy and I know I'll want to look back on it in 5 years.... so, here I am...and I'll probably be here long after I'm the only one who still reads it...where else can I go to find the World's most handsome Mario??
Let's just say thanks to Lucy, I end up taking a lot of my work calls like i did today .... with my camera off....
what my coworkers would see if I turned on my camera....
This is what happened when I tried to take a piece of candy corn out of Olive's mouth. She chomped down with all her might and wouldn't let go. I know dogs get a little testy when they have food in their mouths. In fairness to me, I was only trying to save her ... not really from choking or health hazards... just from the taste of candy corn....
... who am I kidding? I love candy corn. Who do you think Olive stole it from in the first place?
