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Documentary Review/ Arnold
An engrossing biopic about a guy I didn’t think was particularly interesting. This three-part series covers Arnold Schwarzenegger’s whole life: from a boy growing up in Austria, through his bodybuilding career, to Hollywood, and finally to the governor’s office in Sacramento. I had a lot more respect for Arnold Schwarzenegger after watching this documentary. He…
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The clover can stay.
I was just out in the yard doing a shit job of weeding. There’s clover and grass growing in some of the garden beds and I only made a half-hearted attempt to clear it. I picked up some sticks but not others. I didn’t get the pruning shears out at all. I find it difficult…
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August
Why is it so hot?Why are others so happy?Summer is too long.
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Sleepaway Camp
My oldest went to sleepaway camp last week. It was five nights away, the longest he has ever been away from us. I had been dreading this ever since we signed him up in January. What if he couldn’t fall asleep at night? What if the other kids were mean to him? What if he…
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So, how’s the job search going?
I never know how to answer this question so I’m going to write about it and see if this helps me to organize my thoughts. Where to start? The job search is confused. The job search is disorganized. The job search lacks both direction and motivation. I do not need to work. Financially, we are…
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Documentary Review/ Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All
Not-to-be-missed if you’re an Ed Sheeran fan, this was a fun documentary series for my whole family. My youngest kid (8yo) is a big Ed Sheeran fan so I knew we needed to watch this one together. There’s quite a bit that he didn’t enjoy: particularly the peek into Ed and Cheery’s relationship and marriage.…
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Humble
I read Loretta Lynn’s memoir last week. It was an interesting look into a particular place and time and music genre, and her rags-to-riches story is compelling. I was struck by how often Loretta wrote that “I ain’t no better than anybody else.” The entire second half of the book (the half after she experienced…
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Hobbit Habit
We went to Hobby Lobby for the first time today. On the way there my youngest asked how long the drive to “Hobbit Habit” was going to take and that is what we are calling Hobby Lobby from now on.
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What it’s like to be a stay-at-home parent to an eight-year-old and a ten-year-old in the summer.
Well, it’s great. It feels like everything about those early, soul-crushing years of having children was a terrible investment which is now paying off in a big way. Here is an incomplete list of things we have done today:1. Sat together reading quietly in the living room.2. I went to the gym. The kids stayed…
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Summer Solstice
I really prefer the dark and quiet of the winter solstice, but I’m told we can’t have year-round winter so here we are. The sun is like a toddler going through some terrible sleep regression. Still up at 9 PM. Up again at 5:30 AM. The whole family suffers. The winter solstice always seems like…