The Pits: I didn’t realize that the cafeteria would be open for breakfast for the All Pro Dads meeting, so the boys were upset that I’d fed them beforehand and they didn’t get to eat with their friends. The Peaks:
Hello From The Carline
The Pits: Rainy, gloomy weather. The Peaks: Off work early to beat traffic. It was nice to finish up the day in the house with the family and then get to have dinner with them. I recently contacted Khalid’s family
Harvey Rainbringers
The Pits: The rain from Hurricane Harvey arrived in Nashville today. The traffic was more evidence than the actual rain. The Peaks: Took a pleasant walk in the misty rain with the boys and Trek.
Buy Your Own Tires, Kid
The Pits: Traffic was really bad this morning, so I worked from home for the first 1.5 hours of the day. The Peaks: I replaced Weston’s busted tire tube, then found a section of tire he’d completely skidded through. Hector
HoverPals
The Pits: Typical Monday shenanigans. The Peaks: I recently wrote a fictional tale of Weston riding on Hector’s futuristic hoverboard. Since Hector’s family will be moving back to Mexico soon, I realized that this was the closest I’ll likely ever
Parks and Pants
The Pits: Dealing with household chores. The Peaks: From a parenting perspective, the boys were only slightly more tolerable today than yesterday. After dinner, I took them to the park to try and expend some evident energy. We played football
Behind The Iron Curtain
The Pits: The boys lost their first flag football game against the Falcons. They were ahead through most of the game, but in the 3rd quarter, a few poor passes from the coach’s son resulted in interceptions and the Falcons
Dragons and Data in the Clouds
The Pits: I realized that CrashPlan, the cloud backup service I’ve been using for a few years, is changing their plan structure and sometime between now and February 2018 all of my cloud data will be wiped and I’ll have
Bend The Knee
The Pits: While Traci and I were beating the boys at basketball, Weston and I ran into each other and he scraped his knee. We all took a knee while he checked himself. Fortunately, he turned out to be fine.
Trouble Under A Brilliant Sky
The Pits: Turner tackled Weston during the making of the photo below. Weston was crying while I took it, and I had to convince them to stand that close by threatening Turner not to touch Weston anymore. Once Weston truly