See what happens when you go 2 weeks without posting!!? Your former employer gets shut down by the government and bought by a competitor, the market finishes collapsing, pretends to rebound, the bailout fails then passes and the Office gets pre-empted by a debate. I'm guessing by my next blog, we'll be colonizing Venus. Wonder how their economy is doing?
On the home front, Ethan has started kindergarten. Alexa is dealing with it pretty well, although she does want to stay there with him. Zach just turned one and is in the 96th percentile for height and weight. Val is slowly recovering from a badly sprained foot and I am studying for mid terms every waking moment. And the beat goes on and the beat goes on...
At some point in life while all this normal life is happening, you begin to realize that regardless of your intentions or plans, life keeps going by, people get older and certain things in your life are now etched in stone. For example, the fact that I am past the age when the average NBA player retires suggests that I will never join that esteemed organization. Of course the rational mind realizes that there was never any ghost of a chance of ever having been a professional or even college basketball player (I didn't even start playing in earnest till after high school), but the unreasonable part of me says, "Dang! I missed the boat!" Ditto for any other completely unattainable closet dreams (movie star, rock star, you name it).
That's why, as a clear-headed, responsible adult (yes, I said it), the only appropriate course of action is to start pushing all of these ridiculous fantasies on my children and saddle them with guilt if they fail to meet up to any of these unreasonable expectations. And finally my kids are getting old enough to start perpetuating the unending cycle of not being world famous. Important life lesson: if you try for something and fail, that makes you a failure, but if you never try, you still have all kinds of untapped potential, and who knows how far you could go if you really applied yourself!!
Having said all that, I just realized I'm old enough now to be president of the United States!! Hmmm.....
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ummmmmm....President, really?! I love you too much to let you ever be that big of a liar/jerk!!! You can be my king if ya know what I mean!!
I would vote for you!
you're 40? no. really?
Actually, I'm 35, plenty old for the US. Mebbe you're thinking of the country fortyyearoldpresidentistan
Your posts are so funny! Always a twist in them.
I'd vote for you too!
I refuse to vote for you because you think Bobby Brown was a rap artist. You really need to get more in touch with the people to earn my vote.
We miss you. - V.
Ok I laughed at multiple points in this post. I love the last paragraph. I hope all is going well with you and the family we miss you and it seems like forever since we have seen you all.
I am with you! That's why I never try anything... If you don't, then the potential is still out there. It's still a viable option!
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