Today was Tommy’s first day at Pellissippi State. We’re treating it like his freshman year of college, even though he spent a year at LMU. Well, Tommy is treating it like his freshman year. Everyone else in the family is prepared for one very exhausting semester of push, push, pushing Tommy to act like a […]
Since High School Tour 2009 will be published Tuesday morning, here is some of the stuff that won’t be included in the print or online versions of the tour. While I sat in the school office, woman number one pulled out her cell phone to call someone and get copies of paperwork needed to complete […]
I’m not joking. If you don’t have small children and bathroom functions are not a constant topic of conversation for you, look away now. I am going to talk about it. Really. Are you still reading? Okay, here goes: As I looked out back to peek at Amy and Evan jumping on the trampoline, I […]
This picture was taken three years ago, on Northshore. This is what Northshore looks like on winter mornings around the same time that the elementary bus arrives. It is a dark, dangerous road that has a roadside memorial every few yards. Some of those memorials are recent enough that it is still painful to see […]
Last year, Evan’s preschool asked parents to create a collage that would introduce their child to the teachers. This was our first attempt: This year, for an assortment of reasons, which actually include a crazy stalker, we switched preschools. The new preschool asked for a family picture. We don’t have an official family picture, so […]
“Do you really think you are going to wear that?” “Was I supposed to bring that home?” “You weren’t going to eat that, were you?” “Are you sure you need this today?” “You washed my ___ last night, didn’t you?” “Can you write another check?”
SAT prep math problems of the day: If a bedroom closet is 5′ x 8′ and your clothing occupies 18 square inches of that space, what are the odds that a minor flood will get your clothing wet? Estimate the length of time that will elapse between a declaration that the laundry is done and […]
One dimensional people are perfect. They must be perfect, because aside from the results of their “What Muppet character are you” Facebook quiz, the way they present themselves in public is more filtered and phony than the SEC could ever dream of becoming. One dimensional people never talk about what a married couple does when […]
“Evan, I am walking downstairs to put clothes in the dryer. Please behave.” “No. I gotta be BAD today.” I really wish his preschool had an opening in the three half days a week program. Two half days doesn’t seem like enough time to get the bad out of his system interact with peers.