Full Time Swag
Wednesday morning 9am. (Well last Wednesday anyway.) I arrive at OakHaven Montessori for my first elementary observation. I've observed my boys in the primary setting a bunch of times from the ages of 4-6. Only now have I finally gotten around to make an appointment to come sit and observe the elementary. I feel like a... Continue Reading →
Splitting up is never easy. Sometimes it just becomes necessary. We have nothing to be ashamed of. After all, we gave it our best effort, and held on a long time. Longer than most married couples would have anyway, and for that I hold my head high. I don't regret the time we shared together.... Continue Reading →
I guess! Does it?! Who knows. My wife seems to think so and insists we have to spend some time there some day. She loves it so maybe there's something to it. I've only really passed through there on the way to somewhere else. Even though I just spent the past 4 days there I never actually... Continue Reading →
So I went on my first Montessori School "outing" and I couldn't have been more excited to go. These are not regular field trips as you and I know them, these are brief trips with a purpose and they're planned and organized by the children without teacher/parent assistance. It's Tuesday morning. My cell phone rings... Continue Reading →
"I bet you spent your whole life believing that you, you were born to do something great, make a difference, do something special. Important. But Michael, it's the most ordinary thought anybody ever had." - Quote from the 2011 movie Puncture Damn. That thought has played inside my head more than a few times. Not that... Continue Reading →
The only real dilemma in hanging out with yourself is choosing which voice to follow. I like hanging with me. I'm good company. I really don't mind being alone, even for long periods of time. Being an introspective person I just kind of get lost inside my own head for a while. However, being married with... Continue Reading →
It's amazing! It's fantastic! It slices! It dices! It mows the lawn and takes out the trash! **Actual results may vary, but I'm definitely smitten with my NutriBullet. Should have called it NutriAWEsome.** Seriously though... Best. Present. Ever. Who needs teeth?!? I'll drink my meals from now on thank you. And here I felt sorry for... Continue Reading →
Often times I lack it. That, and appreciation. And I take for granted most everything I have. Today I woke up that way. Instead of thankfulness for simply waking up with breathe in my lungs, I rose with a sense of entitlement. I'm owed perfection. Each moment of the day must fall in line with... Continue Reading →
Holy wow. Jackpot, I guess. Who knew I kept such odd, often times ridiculous, mementos (not the freshmakers) in old shoe boxes? I always have 2 or 3 shoe boxes in my closet. One is always reserved for receipts for tax purposes. Usually the most accessible since it's used often. The other two? Not so... Continue Reading →
I'm a chronic people watcher, or rather, I stare at people. For long, uncomfortable periods of time. Beautiful people, ugly people, old people, young people, fat people, skinny people... doesn't really matter. I just find people interesting and so I stare, pierce through their soul, and take a piece of them with me. Is that... Continue Reading →
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