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It was dull and rainy today, and the kids were on the verge of insanity all day, as if they’d planned for weeks an assault on my wife’s nerves. After a quiet week at work[…]
After spending most of the day in calls, I put Destroyer on the back of my bike and made La Serpiente ride with me to the cliffs again.
After a day of work that was stop and start (various interruptions to help with the children, intermittent arguments with databases that left me more confused than enlightened, and phone calls where you can’t figure[…]
After last night when La Serpiente wouldn’t sleep, I decided to wear her out today, so between meetings in the morning I went riding with her, up ten blocks (uphill all the way) and then[…]
Monday came around fast. Both girls were off school today, because Destroyer’s preschool was closed for a teacher education day, so we had to try to entertain both girls. At least it didn’t rain so[…]
We get two Mother’s Days in the family, because the UK one falls earlier in the year than the North American one. I wasn’t very good this year; I managed to call up my mother[…]
With much cajoling, wailing and gnashing of teeth, we got the girls into the car and drove out from Seattle this morning. We drove up I-5 for 45 minutes, turned off and stopped for the[…]
At lunchtime today, to give my wife some relief from the girls, I harangued them until they both agreed to get on the back of my bike, and then we rode the two and a[…]
Both my daughters woke up in the night and came into my bed. Destroyer first, snoring next to me and making it hard for me to sleep, and La Serpiente second. At about 3am, La[…]
My wife fell victim to all the children being out of school; today she tripped over a skateboard ramp some kids had left in the street, banged up her knee and smashed the screen on[…]