Category: life
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Help Me Fix My Mistakes
Maybe it would have worked out regardless. I know when I’m on the other end, like on servicing, I’m more likely to want to put in the extra effort to make a not-strictly-required ask work for a customer when they frame it as “yes, we know it’s our fault, but please help us anyway.”
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All Ready?
A question everyone has been asking for weeks: “Are you ready for school to start?” Well, sure, except for this one thing that would literally prevent our child from being allowed to attend.
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No Really
I met someone with this last name recently and wondered how often they get Dad-joked about their name.
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Aha Moment
She ran into the room, didn’t search at all, and exclaimed “aha” as if she’d discovered him. It was perfectly convincing and very efficient, as her brother popped right out of his very good hiding spot. Real outside-the-box thinking.
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In My Image
I’m quite fortunate that my kids don’t throw up nearly as much as I did as a child – none of them inherited my motion sickness for basically all forms of transport (and I mostly grew out of it).
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Semantic Sticks
This was said with complete sincerity. Apparently “drumstick” doesn’t classify as a “stick” despite the seemingly obvious name clues.
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In Between Years
Work milestones are every 5 years. For adult ages I’ve got things like: 21 (legally drink), 25 (can rent a car), 35 (can be president), and all the decades (like turning 40). But I find those in-between numbers to be less memorable.
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No Frosting
In all seriousness, the harder hits were my homemade meals and all the niche alternative foods we had for my kid with food allergies. It is luckily close to the time of year that I tend to start restocking my cake stash, anyway.
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Probably Too Young
Junkos made a nest in our (overgrown) lawn right on the ground. Unfortunately, of 3 eggs, none have survived to adulthood, so maybe it wasn’t a great location, and now we’ve had to talk about mortality rates.
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Sea Servant
So “The Royalty” are the ones with maids, eh? Seems legit.