Waitress: “OK, sounds good. Now, with that breakfast you get a choice of toast or two pancakes.”
Me: (long pause)
Me: “Does anyone really ever choose toast?”
Waitress: “It happens. But you gotta wonder about those people.”
Waitress: “OK, sounds good. Now, with that breakfast you get a choice of toast or two pancakes.”
Me: (long pause)
Me: “Does anyone really ever choose toast?”
Waitress: “It happens. But you gotta wonder about those people.”
Wonderful Wife: “Why has your backpack gotten so heavy again? We need to sort out the non-essentials.”
Danger Monkey, age 10: “It’s all essentials.”
For reference, this is a picture of just the FICTION books that were in his backpack. It seriously weighed almost as much as him.
We might have a reader on our hands. (or three)

Rushing the boy to Fencing lessons, after making the kids dinner and doing a load of dishes, after doing laundry earlier today and even hanging it on a clothesline…
I just realized I’m a Soccer Mom.
#SoccerMomsRule
#NotQuiteTigerMom
#INeedAFruityDrink
#SomeoneTeachMeTheSecretHandshake