Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica on Oct 31st, 2011
I am almost afraid to type this. And if I awake tomorrow with crippling neck pain, I’m going to just know that I tempted fate and did myself in by declaring that my neck is better. A lot better. Immediately after my MRI results came in, I called my brother to commiserate about them and […]
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool), Little Boy on Oct 28th, 2011
It’s that time of the year again. KIP opted to host their annual Halloween parade a little early, on Friday the 28th instead of Monday the 31st. At first I was a little confused about this, but I think the logic was that a parade + party + trick-or-treating on Monday = a bunch of […]
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 25th, 2011
Louisville is a small city/big town, the kind of place where everyone is, or seems to be, a few degrees removed from everyone else. I didn’t feel a part of the web of the city my first few years back. I had been gone for seventeen years, and many of my connections were lost or […]
Posted in Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 21st, 2011
As Simon gets older, he’s interested in a wider variety of activities and only rarely naps. I sometimes sense that he’s under-stimulated by being at school from 9 to 1 and then hanging out with me at home. After a brief snack and rest, I feel like he’s ready to DO something. And he is, […]
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 18th, 2011
Against the backdrop of birthday preparations last week, other stuff was percolating. This stuff, which I will get to in a moment, demonstrated to me more than anything that it takes a village—or better still an army—to raise a child. It all started the week before last, when I had a five-day fever that didn’t […]
Posted in Birthday Letter, Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 16th, 2011
Dear Simon, This is the year that sealed it for me and your Dad: We are some of the luckiest parents in the world. Not because you are perfect—no one is—but because, Baby Kitten aside, you are the perfect kid for us. I’m sure if I had sat down and described my ideal child: curious, […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 14th, 2011
Did you know that Simon is going to be five on Sunday? And that he’s having a friends birthday party on Saturday and a family one on Sunday? Did you know that he’s getting presents at the family party? And that we are baking cupcakes for the Saturday one? And that his Sunday cake will […]
Posted in Jessica on Oct 11th, 2011
My neck has hurt me off-and-on for the past four years or so. Other than to put heated neck pillows on it and look forward to warmer weather, when it generally feels better, I haven’t thought too much about it. Some people have achy backs, other achy knees. With me, it’s my neck. No biggie. […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 8th, 2011
Transcript of actual conversation between me and Matt: “So what’s Simon doing for Yom Kippur? Going with you and your mom?” “No. He’s going to have a sleepover with your folks.” “Oh.” [sounding surprised] “Yeah, I figure he did so well on Rosh Hashanah, we can call it a holiday. Besides, he’s not-quite five. What’s […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Oct 6th, 2011
One of my primary motivations for starting to run was to try to ward off the high blood pressure that has plagued/does plague every single member of my family once they hit 50. I doubted I could run my way out of all medical interventions, but I hoped I could at least cut down on […]