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January 18, 2007
Things I've Learned from My Children
Just recently I've learned:
From Haydn: That I was putting my MP3 player earbuds in incorrectly. I noticed that when he wore his the orientation of the buds were different from how mine were. When I place my earbud in my ear I sort of wedge it in and crank it down -- it wasn't always the most comfortable fit but the way it went in seemed to make the most sense to me in that the wire from the bud would be hanging straight down. The wire from Haydn's buds sort of point forward more toward the front of the lobe. It provides a more comfortable fit.
From Jack: And this I knew, but some adults seem to have trouble with it. "Honesty is the best policy." A week ago I went to school to retrieve an ill Jack. As it happens he had forgotten to do a piece of homework and was going to get a homework slip from his teacher -- however -- since I was picking him up early he could have gotten out of it as the homework wasn't due until later in the day. This wouldn't do. In the interest of fair play to the Catholic school system, Jack ratted on himself to his teacher and let her know he had failed to do the assignment. I know what you're thinking ... admitting your mistakes and taking full responsibility for them seems so un-Catholic and generally un-Christian. Politics are certainly not in his future.
From Sammo: Sam and I were at a hockey game -- The Ohio Junior Blue Jackets -- a few weeks ago. I know very little about hockey and, while I'll see every game Sam wants to go to, was bored out of my mind. It looks like it might be fun to play, but I can't sort out why anybody would sit and watch this. I guess some of the music they played during dead pucks was pretty good. Anyway, toward the end of the game I noticed that the goalie for the opposing team (maybe the Junior Indiana Ice) was gone. I asked Sam -- my eight-year old -- what had happened and the told me they had pulled their goalie. My first thought was, if they win maybe they'll be able to get a young lady to pull their goalies for them. My second thought was, what does that mean? and that's the thought I shared with Sam. He told me that if a team pulls their goalie they can put another player on the ice, and when I looked, I noticed that the Indiana Ice (if that's who they were) did seem to have more guys trying to bang the puck into the Junior Blue Jacket's net.
This is totally unrelated to the above, but, I'm proofing this at work and an announcement was just made that at 11 a.m. pizza and cake were going to be served in the Cafeteria. I love it here.
(Update:This entry was posted at 10:47. At 10:54 the first piece of comment spam hit it. I think this is a record for WADLL.)
Posted by delmer at January 18, 2007 10:47 AM
Comments
Delmer, Delmer, Delmer,
What do you mean....you were bored out of your mind? Try telling that to the Pratt boys who all play hockey. It's a great sport! And yes, Sammo was right about "pulling the goalie." Let Sammo hang out with us for awhile...he sounds like a very COOL kid (no pun intended).
Chow,
Sherry
Posted by: sherry at January 18, 2007 1:14 PM
Does this mean comments are working again?
What sort of cake was it?
Posted by: Pen at January 18, 2007 3:19 PM
Sherry: I'm sure watching the Pratt boys would be a good time. It's a whole different thing when someone you know is out there. And, it looks like it would be fun to play (very Broom-ballish).
Pen: The best cake in the world! White cake with white icing. (Half of the cake was chocolate, but I kept well clear of it.)
Posted by: delmer at January 18, 2007 3:30 PM
Hockey is boring. You are right. I've been to many hockey games, only because I wanted to be social.
Pizza...mmmmmm.
Posted by: The Phoenix at January 19, 2007 11:00 AM