Month: June 2023
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Groggy Afternoon
We ate later than we usually do last night. I have to fast before I take my night time medicine, so that was going to be late too. Sadly I forgot to take it. I had a lot of trouble sleeping as I usually do when I miss doses, but I didn’t think to check…
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Diaper and Swimming
If you have been following along you’ll know that by youngest son is only semi-verbal. He is also stubborn as hell. Today at a little after noon he requested “diaper and swimming, please.” We had no way to honor that request at the time. He got ready to go swimming anyway. His aide came to…
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I’m supposed to wake up at 8am this morning and it’s already 1am and I’m wide awake. I sit here contemplating my day and pondering why me being me just seems to piss some people off. Don’t get me wrong if you have been following along for the past few months you already know I’m…
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Good Clean Shirts
I got three beautiful basic banded collar shirts this afternoon. Bask in the glory.
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Regrets
I don’t have very many regrets. There are a few truly boneheaded things I’ve done in my life that replay in my mind occasionally. There are a few choices that haunt me. One in particular has been coming back on me lately. When I went to college for the first time I auditioned for the…
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Freedom
The United States just recently recognized today as a federal holiday. It is called Juneteenth. It commemorates the day the last chattel slaves were made legally free in Texas. It is a day to celebrate freedom. Freedom from color, freedom from class, freedom from caste, and freedom tyranny. Our country has not wiped out slavery…
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Favorite Days
Once in a while I see a post about how the memories of your childhood aren:t ever the ones from sitting in front of a TV. That is simply not correct in my case. I remember staying up late to watch SCTV and laughing like crazy at John Candy. I also remember the Dungeons &…