Friday, December 5, 2014

This getting old thing is hard.

Hi Patricia,

It's been a hard week of emotion, mostly based on age. This has burned me from both ends.

First, Elsa is starting kindergarten. Where did that time go? She was just being carried around in a carseat and perfectly happy giggling at those stupid pull-toys that vibrate as they retract. I had been funny then. Now, the rigamarole of playdates and preparatory potlucks has left me withered. At one, she was following along on the monkey bars because she saw her future classmates doing it. Totally covered three quarters of the distance before plummeting, walloping flat on her rump, and needing me to comfort her.  WHERE WILL I BE DURING SCHOOL HOURS?!!

(Let's be honest: drinking.)