It’s as if Evan can detect that I’m nearing my breaking point so he’s going to extra effort to try to push me over the edge.
Day: December 17, 2009
From the mouths of babes
Dad: "Have a good day!"
Noah, walking to the door: "Will do."
Dad, noting that Noah is wearing a thin long sleeve shirt and no jacket: "Stay warm."
Noah: "I hope so."
Dad: "You do understand that staying warm has less to do with hope and more to do with attiring yourself appropriately in layers, right?"
Noah, continuing to walk to the bus stop: "Yup."
This feels familiar almost like an 8th grade winter ritual.
If you’re gonna to be dumb, you gotta be tough. [Source]
Dear Dharma and Evan…
Dharma, I know you are a dog and I recognize that your brain may have a short circuit or two so let spell this out for you. Pooping in the walking path is not allowed! You are very funny and obviously have figured my gait out perfectly because your landmines are batting 1000. See if your doggie mind can read my human mind because the mental image I have right now is of a cold, outdoor kennel. Molly knows where to poop in this yard. Follow her!
Evan, I know you are four years old…four and a half to be fair…and the antique, crank out windows in this house have a particularly rewarding feeling to their almost steampunk mechanical opening action. However, when the temperatures at night are dropping to -1.6°C*, sleeping with the window open is inadvisable and does not lend to a friendly electric bill. If this behavior continues, I will have to increase your rent to offset the cost of heating this house. Oh, and you may catch a cold.
*Temperature conversion provided by Onlineconversion.com.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: If I think of all the tasks I must do, I cannot move.
Master: Instead of thinking of all, do one task.
Tis the season…for stress
I understand why Santa Claus’ hair is ghost white. And that belly is obviously from stress eating. The stress of providing for my own family in December is ridiculous. I can’t begin to imagine what it must be like to provide for the whole world! I think on December 26th I’m going to break down and turn it a bowl full of jelly.
