Monthly Archives: September 2008

monday – 26-week birthday.

(still a week behind).
happy 26/52 week birthday
to my favorite daughter.
woke up early,
said goodbye to
the grandparents
and left for the airport.
hard to leave after
another great visit,
but it’s time to get home.
the trip through
the airport went smoothly.
ran into a college classmate
while we waited
for our flight to depart.
she told me how sorry
she was
to hear about
liz.
i thanked her,
as [...]

sunday.

the liz goodman logelin memorial 5k.
people around the
world united in
remembering a woman
few of them ever knew.
she
would be so proud.
an amazing tribute
that, in some way,
helped ease the pain.
to those of you at the
lake calhoun in the mpls…
it was so nice meeting/seeing you.
thank you, thank you,
thank you,
to everyone who participated
around the world.
and thank you especially
to [...]

saturday.

(when will i finally catch up?)
woke up to a sound
that can only be
described as that
which you would hear
if there had been
a nuclear attack.
jumped from the couch,
searching for the source.
found it.
someone’s damn cellphone alarm.
made my best
attempt to silence the
stupid thing and
went back to the couch.
this scene played itself
out four more times
before i realized
that i’d only been
hitting [...]

friday.

(still a week behind).
woke up to a
sniffling baby,
snot running out of her
nose and down
her chin.
first time i’ve seen
this coming from her.
grabbed her out
of the crib and cleaned her up.
seems that madeline
is either sick or exhibiting
some more signs of teething.
either way, she’s still
smiling so things
can’t be too bad.
handed her off to
grandma candee so [...]

 

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