Sunday, October 28, 2018

Maybe it's not so bad.....

From: Jennifer Moore
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 9:27 AM
To:  [CH]
Cc: John Moore
Subject: Re: Success in Chemistry

Thank you for your lovely email.  It could not have come at a better time.  

The previous evening I was watching Sam struggle to get into his Halloween costume in anticipation of tonight’s party. It was inexplicably painfully watching him put items on in the wrong order or, "I don’t know, which end do you think goes up?”….Do I honestly have to tell you that the robe goes on last?!? It’s a Jedi, for Christ’s sake. You picked this costume!

Where did I go wrong? Have I not dragged his ass to enough ComicCon’s? Has he not seen enough grown men dressed as Jedi wandering around convention centers, unironically?!? What else can I do, short of throwing Star Wars TM action figures at his head? 

Then I received your email and found myself breathing a huge sigh of relief.  At least my big beautiful monkey has learned to fake it when out in the real world. I really can’t ask for more than that. So again, thank you for your email!  

Jennifer (and I’m sure I speak for John as well!) Moore


On Oct 25, 2018, at 7:29 AM,  wrote:

Good morning,
I wanted to just spend a moment and let you know how much I enjoy having Sam in my chemistry class!
He is bright, engaged and fearless! He is always ready to chime in his thoughts in class, and I have a lot of fun engaging with him! He is really doing a great job.
I know as a parent, it is always nice to hear that our children are appreciated, even when we might be unsure on our end!

All the best,

Sunday, August 5, 2018

My goal is to be the Boring One


I offered to watch my friends 9 year old the other day.  The boys usually babysit for him but they were in school.

Me, "What does he like to do?"
Sam, "He likes Hide-and-Seek."
Me, "Well, I'm not doing that."
Sam, "He also like when we make up stories and he acts them out."
Me, "I'm not doing that either."
Sam,
Me,
Sam,
Me, "Can he figure out how to turn on the xbox?"
Sam, "Yes"
Me, "Good, that's settled."
Sam, "That's your whole plan?"
Me, "If he gets bored, he can read a book."
Sam, "Try to save alive until 12:30. We can take over then."

I'm the babysitter of last resort.  That's my whole plan.


Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Best Book Quote, this week


" Are you a witch?"

"Yes, I am" I told him, enjoying the moment, "I practice a specialized kind of witchcraft call thinking. It's a very mysterious power. Quite unknown to the average person."


The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
Flavia De Luce book #9
Alan Bradley

Friday, July 27, 2018

ComicCon,

Apparently I don't wear socks in my day-to-day life. The socks I packed for ComicCon sucked. The first pair slowly slipped down until they were crammed under my arch by mid day. I ended up throwing them away.  The second pair quickly slid down and were throw away too. Third pair, ditto.  The fourth pair:


Oh, my sweet jesus.  I couldn't even wear a dirty pair because I'd been throwing sucky socks out at various garbage cans around the convention center like I was dumping body parts or something.  Moral? All balled up white socks look the same when you're packing.

Sure they're offensive but at least they're low to the ground where all the kids can see them.


Friday, July 20, 2018

You know you're at ComicCon....

Bob Ross Deadpool is sitting in front of me and Cinderella's evil step-sisters are sitting behind.


Thursday, July 19, 2018

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

When I die

So I was playing this app and I didn't realize that Sam had walked up behind me.

Sam, "What's are you doing?!?"
Me, "It's this ga....I didn't want it, okay? I was trying to get a different game and somehow I ended up with this one."
Sam, "What level are you one?"
Me, "Huh?"
Sam, <tapping screen> "51? You're on level 51? How long have you been playing this"
Me, "I didn't want this game!!"
Sam, "You could just stop.."
Me, "I didn't wa..."
Sam, "Or I could get Candy Crush too." <said with such a lack of mocking that it was just dripping with mocking-ness>
Me, "It's NOT Candy Crush.....It's Simon's Cat. WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME SAY THESE THINGS OUT LOUD?!?"

After that I started hiding the screen when someone walked in the room. Naturally, John noticed and became more and more intrigued. I became more and more insistent on not showing him. You'd have thought I was watching donkey porn or something.

Finally, he caught a glimpse.
John, "Oh, it's Candy Crush."
Me, "IT'S NOT CANDY CRUSH!"
John, ??
Me, !!
John, ??
Me, "It's worse. It's Simon's Cat"
John, "wwhh.." then he shook his head and walked away.

Forget about my browser history. Someone delete all my stupid games.