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I love my job, don’t get me wrong, but if there’s anything more frustrating than playing Uno with preschoolers, it’s having a 3-year-old with a toy cash register. They hold all the power, and they know it. (fist shake) They can play the game and make it go on forehver. A typical scenario will go [...]

For a while when I was a kid, my bedroom was at the far end of the hallway in our ranch-style house. (Our family switched bedrooms around during our time there, but this was where I slept for the largest life-scarring portion of my childhood.) Across the hall was the bathroom… …. and then… … [...]

Lauren (making lunch): Up, Up, on your feet! Lloyd (playing a computer game and not looking up from the screen): What are we doing? Lauren: Beating the Delta Panthers! Lloyd (sighing robotically): That’s impossible. The Delta Panthers cannot be beaten. Lauren: That’s right! (Strikes victory pose) The Delta Panthers cannot be beaten! (Lunch-making and game-playing [...]

Mrs. Sommerer (standing in the hallway, the usual bathroom monitoring position): “You doin’ ok, Hunter?” Hunter (who is 3): “Yeah.” (Time goes by.) Mrs. Sommerer: “Still ok?” Hunter: “I need more paper.” Mrs. Sommerer: “No problem.” (Grabs a roll, goes into the stall, is momentarily stunned.) Mrs. Sommerer (recovered): “Hunter, I’m going to help you [...]

Long ago in my other work life, I would often get home before 5 and I would occasionally squeeze in a little nap (20-30 minutes) before dinner. I liked it, but it made it hard to go to bed at night. In a weird way, I’m glad that there’s no temptation like that now. Except [...]

Once again, I must berate myself for being one of those people who feels so high-and-mighty when other people feel sick – outwardly saying, “Awwwww, poor you.”, but inwardly thinking, “You have an inefficient immune system. My white cells are so superior to yours!” And then, immediately when I start feeling a little icky, I’m [...]