Category: parenthood
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flipping the script
As the calendar creeps ever-closer to Halloween, it has occurred to me that I need to start making travel plans for the holidays, either for my son, myself, or for both of us. About a month or so ago, I suggested to the SBTX that we alternate visitations for Thanksgiving…
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it was 12 years ago today…
I thought I had it all figured out. That is, I thought I knew what i was going to write about today. I even started drafting an “open letter to the soon-to-be-ex” that I would post today. For those of you who don’t know, today is me and the STBX’s…
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youth gone wild
I got a call from my son at about 2:40 today. He told me that he got into a fight at school, threw a pencil at another kid. to make matters worse, the school called the STBX so she would pick him up from school. As I talked to The…
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Goodbyes suck
At the gate in Myrtle Beach about 1 hour ago, the STBX had the temerity to be “so happy in to see him she had cried“. She should try not seeing him for a month, with the prospect of not seeing him again for 3 or 4 months. He started…
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The road back
En route up North with my son to spend some quality together before everyone goes back to school. He was psyched to get on the road when we woke up Friday morning. As we pulled into the hotel tonight, he had a meltdown; saying he wanted to go home to…
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from the lioness’s den
“Home is where you hang your hat” Daniel LaRusso The Karate Kid, part II I’m blogging this morning from South Carolina. My stomping grounds of the last eight years. Two days ago, I made the trip down South to pick up my son for a week-long visit and to hopefully,…
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goin’ down South
It’s on. Tonight, I booked airline tickets for both me and my son – so I could get him back to South Carolina after spending a week with me. So, this trip down South is as set-in-stone as it’s going to be. Got a free drink at the bar tonight.…
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making plans
Yesterday, I finalized my plans to make a trip to my old stomping grounds. I have a few things at the house I’m going to pick up; but best of all, I’ll be bringing my son up North to spend a week with me before he starts kindergarten in 3…
Rebuilding Rob 