On Saturday, the boy decided he no longer wanted to participate in our household. He hid out all Friday to avoid his writing assignment so the next morning I gave him the choice – get out of bed, do...
We are in the final stretch for the boy’s stay – the boy goes back home in two weeks. We had originally agreed to this plan because my daughter was scheduled to have her marrow transplant just after he...
First off, happy Founders’ Day to those who celebrate. For those that don’t, just ignore all that. I’m not really in the mood to write today – yesterday I was mostly consumed with indignant rage over political bullshit and...
I’ve been doing my damnedest to avoid politics as much as possible, and with the boy around it has been easier. That said, what has managed to filter in to me has really got me annoyed, and I’m gonna...
In a couple days, it will have been a week since the “Cookie Theft Incident of 2026,” and we have been talking about how to gradually reintroduce some privileges back for the last couple weeks of his stay. Until...
Since we didn’t have to come up with things to keep the boy entertained, our weekend was pretty relaxed. I had some maintenance projects I needed to work on but that didn’t take a lot of time so we...
And we thought the worst of it was out of the way… Turns out that all day while the boy knew he was in trouble for taking the cookies in the first place, he had lied about eating them...
Well, the feces hit the ventilation device today. We’ve been pretty loose with the rules for the boy, but from the beginning there was one explicit rule: do not, under any circumstances, eat my wife’s cookies without express permission....
We had a much needed storm last night – the rain was perfect, though I could’ve done without all the wind. All the plants seem to have survived, though the tomatoes were all leaning over and several peppers seem...
Our new lawn contractor came today, though I had it in my head that it would be Thursday. The worker is a 15-year-old gal who was driven here by her mother and is working to help her family and...