Cousins Camp 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
And now for something completely different...
Abbie had her wisdom teeth removed yesterday.
It was hard not to think about Nate. I remember that he was so giddy in recovery that nurse started giggling too. I had to tell him to stop trying to talk with gauze in his mouth, so he tried to write his questions and comments on post it notes.
By contrast, I think that the nurse was a little anxious when she came to get me after Abbie's surgery. She told me that Abbie was a little weepy, but that she would probably stop crying pretty soon. I'll take giddy any day. Poor thing. She just sobbed and sobbed. At one point the nurse started using gauze to wipe away her tears. By the time she reached the car she was crying less, but she barely moved and never spoke during the ride home.
I'm happy to report that she's doing much better. She spent yesterday on the sofa with ice packs watching countless episodes of Say Yes to the Dress; Atlanta.
I'm glad to have this in the rear view mirror.
Abbie had her wisdom teeth removed yesterday.
It was hard not to think about Nate. I remember that he was so giddy in recovery that nurse started giggling too. I had to tell him to stop trying to talk with gauze in his mouth, so he tried to write his questions and comments on post it notes.
By contrast, I think that the nurse was a little anxious when she came to get me after Abbie's surgery. She told me that Abbie was a little weepy, but that she would probably stop crying pretty soon. I'll take giddy any day. Poor thing. She just sobbed and sobbed. At one point the nurse started using gauze to wipe away her tears. By the time she reached the car she was crying less, but she barely moved and never spoke during the ride home.
I'm happy to report that she's doing much better. She spent yesterday on the sofa with ice packs watching countless episodes of Say Yes to the Dress; Atlanta.
I'm glad to have this in the rear view mirror.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Snow, sort of.
Yesterday was a snow day. I don't remember one quite like it. There was no snow in the air or on the ground when I got up. I got in the shower at 5:30, as usual, only to have Kim pop her head in minutes later to say that I had gotten the call. Turns out that all three of us would be home for the day. The reason was not the road conditions, but rather the forecast.
I decided to seize the moment and head to my classroom. My biggest annual concert took place on Thursday evening. I had dumped all of the instruments and equipment in the middle of my classroom when it was over. The school cancellation meant that I'd get time in my room with no one else around. Priceless. As it turned out, I stayed for about four hours, and I got a lot of work done. When I left school to head home, still no snow.
It finally started to flurry here at about noon. By 3:00 PM, dismissal time, there wasn't even a coating of snow on the road.
This morning when I got up the snow had stopped. I've already shoveled the driveway. I think we have about 6 to 8 inches. I realize, of course, that this storm was much worse to the east of us, and may still be bearing down on parts of the coast. It just seems to me that we were so eager to include ourselves in the event. The forecast was for snow, but not a huge amount, and not until late in the day on Friday.
Nevertheless, this was a great time to have a three day weekend.
The only real hassle that we're facing is related to Abbie's cheer leading team. They are supposed to be at a competition today, but it was rescheduled for tomorrow. Really? Why can't the schools leave Sunday alone?
Nate turned 18 this week. It seems that he's had a good week and that he got plenty of attention from his floor mates. One post on facebook made me laugh. Someone from his floor posted something like, "You may be getting older, but you're still a baby." Several people call him Baby Nate. The "Baby" part is really just a way of distinguishing him from the other Nate, but it seems that it's going to stick for awhile. I'm interested to see how long it lasts.
He says that he was wakened on his birthday by someone pounding on his door. He yelled two or three times to tell the person to come in. Finally he got up and threw the door open and discovered it was the "public safety" folks. They had decided to do a fire inspection that morning, and said that Nate's room was going to be written up. The reason was that during the night Nate's floor mates had decorated the hallway around his door. It seems that his friends had violated some of the fire regulations. The public safety folks decided to give him just a warning and told Nate that he needed to have the area cleaned up by the end of the day. How decent. Nate seemed to think it was funny and a good story.
Yesterday was a snow day. I don't remember one quite like it. There was no snow in the air or on the ground when I got up. I got in the shower at 5:30, as usual, only to have Kim pop her head in minutes later to say that I had gotten the call. Turns out that all three of us would be home for the day. The reason was not the road conditions, but rather the forecast.
I decided to seize the moment and head to my classroom. My biggest annual concert took place on Thursday evening. I had dumped all of the instruments and equipment in the middle of my classroom when it was over. The school cancellation meant that I'd get time in my room with no one else around. Priceless. As it turned out, I stayed for about four hours, and I got a lot of work done. When I left school to head home, still no snow.
It finally started to flurry here at about noon. By 3:00 PM, dismissal time, there wasn't even a coating of snow on the road.
This morning when I got up the snow had stopped. I've already shoveled the driveway. I think we have about 6 to 8 inches. I realize, of course, that this storm was much worse to the east of us, and may still be bearing down on parts of the coast. It just seems to me that we were so eager to include ourselves in the event. The forecast was for snow, but not a huge amount, and not until late in the day on Friday.
Nevertheless, this was a great time to have a three day weekend.
The only real hassle that we're facing is related to Abbie's cheer leading team. They are supposed to be at a competition today, but it was rescheduled for tomorrow. Really? Why can't the schools leave Sunday alone?
Nate turned 18 this week. It seems that he's had a good week and that he got plenty of attention from his floor mates. One post on facebook made me laugh. Someone from his floor posted something like, "You may be getting older, but you're still a baby." Several people call him Baby Nate. The "Baby" part is really just a way of distinguishing him from the other Nate, but it seems that it's going to stick for awhile. I'm interested to see how long it lasts.
He says that he was wakened on his birthday by someone pounding on his door. He yelled two or three times to tell the person to come in. Finally he got up and threw the door open and discovered it was the "public safety" folks. They had decided to do a fire inspection that morning, and said that Nate's room was going to be written up. The reason was that during the night Nate's floor mates had decorated the hallway around his door. It seems that his friends had violated some of the fire regulations. The public safety folks decided to give him just a warning and told Nate that he needed to have the area cleaned up by the end of the day. How decent. Nate seemed to think it was funny and a good story.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
A Room With a View
We took Nate to Ithaca today. It was a good day.
One of his roommates arrived less than an hour before we did. His other roommate isn't expected until Monday or Tuesday.
We helped him unpack, went to lunch, and walked around the campus a bit.
His dorm is part of the "terraces," up on the hill at the top of the campus. His primary academic building, the Park School of Communications, is at the bottom of the hill on the other side of the campus. It's a college. It's a fitness program. The room is a decent size for a triple. And it has a great view of the lake.
During the next couple of days he'll participate in one of the "Jump Start" programs that they offer for incoming students. He selected the hiking activity. They'll be heading into the woods sometime tomorrow and coming back on Saturday. I think he's looking forward to going out on the trail. He didn't get any trail time this summer.
We were back home in Schenectady by 5:30 this afternoon. It's too far to go often, but close enough that we can go for the day if we want to. We brought home a list of things to find or buy for the room. We're going to head back on Sunday for move in day. Even though he's already moved in, he seems to agree that on a day when everyone else will have their families around, it would be nice for us to be there.
Goodbyes might be harder that day, but I'm expecting we'll all do pretty well.
One of his roommates arrived less than an hour before we did. His other roommate isn't expected until Monday or Tuesday.
We helped him unpack, went to lunch, and walked around the campus a bit.
During the next couple of days he'll participate in one of the "Jump Start" programs that they offer for incoming students. He selected the hiking activity. They'll be heading into the woods sometime tomorrow and coming back on Saturday. I think he's looking forward to going out on the trail. He didn't get any trail time this summer.
We were back home in Schenectady by 5:30 this afternoon. It's too far to go often, but close enough that we can go for the day if we want to. We brought home a list of things to find or buy for the room. We're going to head back on Sunday for move in day. Even though he's already moved in, he seems to agree that on a day when everyone else will have their families around, it would be nice for us to be there.Goodbyes might be harder that day, but I'm expecting we'll all do pretty well.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Abbie and Anthony
"Yellow" by Coldplay
April 24, 2012 -- Schalmont High School Talent Show
Look at the stars
"Yellow" by Coldplay
April 24, 2012 -- Schalmont High School Talent Show
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah they were all yellow
I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow
So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to have done
And it was all yellow
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
You know you know I love you so
You know I love you so
I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do
Cause you were all yellow
I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know
For you I'd bleed myself dry
For you I'd bleed myself dry
It's true
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do
And everything you do
Yeah they were all yellow
I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow
So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to have done
And it was all yellow
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
You know you know I love you so
You know I love you so
I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do
Cause you were all yellow
I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know
For you I'd bleed myself dry
For you I'd bleed myself dry
It's true
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do
Sunday, December 18, 2011
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