How Did I Get Here?

Quote of the Day: “I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.”

Remember what it was like the night before the first day back to school?

Nervousness, no sleep, wondering how the next day, the next year was going to unfold? The excitement of new clothes, new supplies, new teachers, new friends.

My kids are going through that tonight. It seems just like yesterday that we were celebrating their LAST day of school and they were looking at 2 ½ solid months of time off.

Now they are up there chattering in the dark, hours away from true sleep. He’s going into 8th, her into 6th. For the first time, they are going to the same school at the same time so not only is that comforting for the both of them (although they will NOT admit it), it’s also nice for Carrie who can now drop their butts off on the way to her morning workout at the YMCA. Before, they were an hour apart so Carrie had two morning trips to make and the second was inconveniently in the other direction of the Y.

Now Carrie gets most of her day back.

I leave tomorrow and will be gone to Camp Lejeune for a business trip all week so I have hotel rooms and eating out in store all next week.

As a last celebration of the summer, we rented a classic and I sat down with my kids to watch the original Back To The Future. For me, it was revisiting my youth and for the kids, it was a brand new show so seeing it through their eyes was a lot of fun.

I had to explain to them the concepts behind Tab, Pepsi Free, “heavy,” Chuck Berry, Huey Lewis, and well, what Biff was trying to do to Marty’s mom in the car. But the kids loved the story and that is a true testament to the quality of the movie: that the next generation can watch and say afterwards:

“Dad, that was a really good show.”

I guess I’ll have to rent the other two for them.

Sleep well, Knuckleheads.

Free Advice for Today: “Resist the temptation to buy a boat.”

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