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Family, General, Life
An open letter to the guy who hit on me
Our daughters have played together two nights now. We had already talked about play dates and even a sleepover (Zoe jumps so quickly to conclusions). You have a girlfriend, who may or may not be the mother of your child. I don’t know, because we’ve had all of one conversation. But you know I’m married. […]
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Baby, General, Life, School, Work
After a long absence
Family medicine, dermatology, spring break, ob/gyn, and now psych. That’s what I’ve been doing. A brief report: great, great, great, great, MIIIIIPPP (so far). Don’t worry – I journaled along the way for humanities, and wrote down about a hundred other things I’d like to write, if ever I have the time, which I won’t, […]
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Health, Life
Bedtime routine
Don’t get too excited – we haven’t established a bedtime for Zoe or anything. No, it’s 0100 and she’s awake. I’m here to write about my bedtime routine, mostly because I think it might be crazy and I’m interested in what other people do. I take comfort in what has become my morning and evening […]
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Baby, Family, Life
A Lovely Birthday Valentine
02.14.12 | Permalink | 4 CommentsZoe is five years old. How, you say? Jinx. I can’t believe it either. At five, she’s fantastic, funny, fabulous, fierce, feisty, and forever our favorite. I love you, Zoe. Happy, happy birthday to the greatest kid in the world, and Happy Valentine’s Day to all!
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Family, Life
His plain self
I refuse to should all over myself. So I will say that I would like to blog more, even if they’re short, mostly for the value of being able to go back and remember things. Given the frequency of misplaced keys, forgotten phones and other devices, and a general poor retention of details, an online […]
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Life
An inventory of 2011
Even though the past six months have flown by and I feel that it can’t possibly be time for this, or perhaps *because* of how quickly things happened, I might need to reflect, if only for a few minutes. Many of these answers are the same from year to year, which either means I’m not […]
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Family, Life
Allowance
Zoe began receiving an allowance a few weeks ago. We decided a dollar per year of age weekly would be a good start. Joel the economist programmer has been tracking her income. The hardest part has been allowing Zoe to make her own spending decisions. The idea, of course, is to teach her about money, […]
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Family, Life
Our attempt at a music lesson
09.21.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsLoved orthopedic surgery. On emergency general service now. Life at the speed of sound, most of the time. Tonight we slowed down for some family time and an impromptu, very informal piano lesson (which necessitated clearing off the piano bench). I reviewed the basics with her and we went over a few simple Dozen a […]
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Family, Life
Zoe the scientist
She sees Joel’s new red-ink pen that has a reddish grip. “Is this pink?” Joel: Well, it’s actually red, but I can see why you might think that. “I think it’s pink. Can I try it out?” I have never been so proud. She has a hypothesis, and she wants to test it. “Oh, it’s […]
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Family, General, Life, School, Work
Resourceful
07.28.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsZoe had a diversity/international celebration at school today. The request was that each child dress in a representative ethnic costume for a parade and bring a dish for everyone to sample. It’s a great idea. Until we remembered that we’re white. We (w)racked our brains for the better part of a week to come up […]
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