Today Destroyer was sick, vomiting principally all over the kitchen, and as my wife had been awake half the night dealing with Frogmorton, she was too tired to entertain him this morning, what with dealing with a sick kid and all. So he made a dirty protest on the stadium blanket in the kids’ room. […]

The girls went skating again tonight, their regular Tuesday lesson. La Serpiente’s been moved up to level 3, although I’m not quite sure what that means, and after a 25 minute lesson they got 10 minutes of free skating before the Zamboni arrived. At the end, Destroyer fell over and banged her knee and her […]

We caught up with our contractor this morning, discussing plans to finish the renovation. I was a little surprised to find that after the painting on Friday, they could have restored the kitchen and living room to a semblance of order, rather than leaving the dust sheets everywhere and the fridge in the middle of […]

And so, after stressing and prepping, the second run of the Spooktacular Sportsball is complete, with a very respectable 20 coaches – 25% more than last year, and if it hadn’t been for variously family events, a covid case, a broken wrist and a rival GW event in Kansas City, I think we could easily […]

After my trip to California I had Friday off, so I could concentrate on prep for my tournament tomorrow. As usual, I spent plenty of time stressing over whether things were printed, if I had the trophies painted, enough rosters and pens and pitches to go around, and whether I’d be playing or just spectating […]

I took an Uber to the airport after work today, and was a little surprised to be picked up by a white Tesla Model 3; usually I ride in a clapped-out Toyota Prius with slack seat belts and a smell like the disinfectant they use in 1980s barber shops in South East London. I’ve been […]

I left my wife and kids behind at a Oktoberfest party (well, ten of our neighbours from the next avenue over, drinking around an open fire while the children ran amok) and took an Uber to the airport. The line was super efficient – TSA Precheck plus nobody wanting to fly on a 9pm flight […]

As is traditional, today I slept badly, woke with a crick in my neck, and was in agony by lunchtime, still not great at looking over my right shoulder. On the positive side, Frogmorton isn’t peeing on the carpet.

I’m strangely tired tonight. Maybe it’s the tetanus and flu shots. Maybe it’s driving to Kent and back and having a super intense game of Blood Bowl tonight. Maybe it was the research study I took part in tonight before I did that. Or getting home and having to put out the bibs, Froggy’s poop […]

I called back to my parents today, to hear that their house had been struck by lightning. The burglar alarm had freaked out and there was a persistent burning smell, which justified having the fire brigade come round to verify that the desktop computer that used to live in the living room was no longer […]