Tag Archives: parenting

Goal Post: February Break Begins!

(First song played on car CD player when going into work on Friday.) The title says it all and this break couldn’t come fast enough.  This week didn’t work out as well as I had planned.  All I really accomplished … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Made It To Super Bowl Weekend

Guess I succeeded in my goals.  Didn’t get to spend as much time with my son as I would have liked.  Lots of appointments, homework, and other stuff showing up during my days of the week.  Feels like everything was … Continue reading

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Goal Post: I’ll Share What I Can

This week was brutal . . . Let me example. First, I think it’s okay to say a little on the ‘life event’.  Mostly because the legal stuff is over and I’m going to remain neutral.  You see, the custody … Continue reading

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Final Goal Post of 2023

Well, here we are on the last Saturday of the year.  I’ve had a week to get some final goals completed and I may have made some progress.  Since it’s holiday break, I did as much resting and biking as … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Let the Break Begin!

Made it through the last week of work and now I get a week of Holiday Break.  It was a little touch and go halfway through in terms of health.  Don’t know why, but the final push towards this break … Continue reading

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Goal Post: The Week of Crazy Has Almost Ended

All I managed to outline for Darwin & the Joy Path was the first 8 chapters.  That’s good, but it’s looking like it’ll be 17-18 chapters.  It took me most of Saturday to do this, so I’m a little bummed that I … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Halfway to Holiday Break

The title says it all . . . Well, it doesn’t, but that’s the key point. The goals for last week were all over the place in terms of success.  I finished the online course and wrapped the presents.  Didn’t … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: Generations of Immaturity

(Fairly certain this stemmed from parental conflict.  Children rarely do exactly what the parents expect, which causes friction.  It can be worse when the parent is so locked in how the world was when they were growing up that they … Continue reading

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Goal Posts: I Survived . . . Did My Arm Fall Off?

The big victory was that I finished writing Darwin & the Beast Collector.  I had a lot of trouble with the finale since I had Darwin leave the area a little too early.  That had to be fixed and then the … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Is It Saturday?

I lost track of what day it was around the one that ends with a ‘y’. Looking back at my goals, I kind of succeeded at most of them.  My son had his tests and quizzes, which we worked hard … Continue reading

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