Good bye Opa

My grandfather died this morning.

Odd off days and the driving boy

A random Wednesday off school? That makes little sense.

Don't do that. Unless you're looking at a date specific holiday that requires celebration on the day of, then any other day off can easily be shuffled to the nearest Friday or Monday.

I mean, nobody's going to try to move Christmas. 

My oldest is taking his five hour driving course this week. It's at the high school, so he only needs to stay and call for a pickup. I plan to play some horribly embarrassing song really loud with the windows down. Either Barbie Girl or Caramelldansen. We'll see how that goes.

Hot and cold and hot and...

It's not rare to have an unseasonably warm day somewhere in winter, but this is getting weird. I get the mail at work, and one day I'm in short sleeves soaking in the sun. The next day I have a hoodie on. The next day I need my coat and gloves just to get that far. 

That's happened three times in the past month.

Doesn't matter what you wear - you're wrong. 

Wrestling's over

You read that title correctly - today was the last day. It was a match in Oswego. It was a pretty short run, only two months long, but I watched as his skill improved dramatically.

Every single one of those seventh graders would benefit from some weight training, but I'm not going to go on about that.

He wants to do it again, but at his grade level that means next January. I'll see if I can get him some weights.

Birthdon't

Today my wife turned... nothing. It's not her birthday. She doesn't get one this year. Last year she didn't get to go to the chinese place for dinner because that was the same day when the van had its unfortunate open-door problem. Now, after that issue was settled we could have gone at any time, but she never did.

Well she finally got to go. Happy un-birthday.

Dental shenanigans

The only thing I'm gonna say is that my teeth are very close together, and I tend to shred floss that goes in. You ever have a piece of shredded floss stuck between your teeth? That's betrayal, and I won't stand for it.

Anyway I have another cavity.

The big nostalgia

My son had a wrestling match last night, hosted in my old Jr High. I haven't been there since I walked out of my last day of finals thirty years ago. The building has not had any major renovations or changes in that entire time. Sure a fresh coat of paint here and there, but WOW.

Felt like I was back in 1994.

I managed to sneak into the library. I spent half of my life in that library, so going back in was a treat. Sure it had been rearranged, but... ok let me describe this library. The building used to have a courtyard, decades before I even went there. They added a new wing, closing it off. They slapped up a ceiling and floor, and called that new space the library. The ceiling was cavernous, and when you looked up you could see windows into classrooms. The lighting was all downward, so the tall ceilings were dark and, dare I say, moody. If I can borrow a term from the kids - it was a vibe. 

If I didn't show up early to absolutely nerd out, I might have missed the match.