Today was Minimum Day at school, so just before the last bell rang I ran over to unlock the main gate and pick my niece up from first grade (usually there's at least an hour between the time I leave work and the time school lets out, so I don't often get to do that). Anyway, Meg bounced out fairly quickly, happy as ever to be at school, and as we ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, Meaghan gave my mom a "book" she wrote and illustrated:

( Keeping in mind that she's seven and still writes phonetically, I have provided translations )

God, I hate when I whine. (see last post) It's pointless and stupid and makes me feel like an idiot, which is why I try not to do it here ( Read more... )

Note to Self: Taking a 4-mile walk in 102-degree heat is really not the best idea, even if it is after 7pm and the sun has nearly set.

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::thudsthuds::Also, after less than 2 weeks in the first grade, my niece has finally managed to mortify me in front of a ( Read more... )

I wrote this last night, ran off to take a shower - and came back to discover that my network had died. I was too tired to fool around with the modem, so I'm posting this a day late.

Ahem.I figured that it was about time I made a proper public post again, since lately those have been few and far between and rather... um, lacking ( Read more... )

FREEZING. MY. ASS. OFF.

And yes, I do live in Southern CA.

Shut up.

In other news, my niece got her very first loose tooth today. She's only 6 (I'm not sure, but isn't that a bit young?) and is terribly excited. According to her, the Tooth Fairy wears a watch that beeps whenever someone loses their tooth, and that's what'll happen when she loses ( Read more... )

Overheard in the kitchen:

Meaghan: Cameron, don't stand on that. You'll fall down.

Cameron: Blergy sgsadg! Sfdsa dsagdsagsg, Sissy!

Meaghan: If you stand on that you'll fall down and break your head. I don't want that to happen -

(Auntie wanders by, thinking how sweet it is that Meaghan is worried about her little brother's cranial welfare)

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This is just plain awesome, for so very many reasons...

(Thanks to firephly for the rec)

Also, today is my niece Meaghan's 6th birthday. Holy crap, does time fly!

( So, back to work today... )