Bunkbeds
Changing the sheets on my daughters’ bunkbeds always leaves
me feeling like an aging pro wrestler.
Too old for those strength-required moves, wrestling and grappling with
my mattress-opponent, and then withdrawing from the cage-enclosed stage
exhausted, sweaty, and with a new crick in my neck.
Compliment
When you see your hair stylist out in public and she
compliments you on your hair, is she complimenting you or herself?
Exhaustion, Complete
The most exhausting day in my profession is the second day
of school. All the nervous energy that
propels me through Day One is completely spent by Day Two.
Game, License Plate
It always takes me several days after returning home from a
trip to stop scanning license plates for the ones we haven’t yet seen.
Gouda
I have a small, gold, plastic Buddha on my desk. Arden keeps referring to it as my
‘gouda.’ I really don’t want to correct
her.
Horn, Saddle
Arden believes the horn on a western-style horse saddle can
be used to honk.
Housecleaning
It is a great idea to invite someone to come to your house
mid-day Saturday to force you to do a ‘good enough’ quick housecleaning.
Language, Foreign
In Montréal, Madeleine remarks that she is amazed to hear
young kids speaking foreign languages, especially French. She wonders:
How can a kid younger than me know
something I don’t?