Monday Mumbles

Hi. It's Monday. Did you miss us on Friday? What? You didn't notice there were no funny faces?  Well my brother and sister did, so that counts for something.  Happy Prez Day. Yup, I'm off work.


1.  I might be off work and TO might be outta school, but he and I actually went into my office for about an hour and 45 minutes. There were two things I literally could not find time for in my work day, and I wanted to prep the work and get it out of my way. So I did.

2.  And then we went grocery shopping. TO was thrilled about this, but he ended up pushing the cart for me the entire time.

3.  Speaking of helpful, I'd like to help my little brother by pimping him out. He's got a newspaper job with a paper that will inevitably be cut from it's "head family" paper bosses. It's only a matter of time. Anyone know a newspaper that needs a sports writer? He's a pretty good photog too, and since he's essentially THE sole paper producer, he can do layout, social media updates, web page content...the list goes on.

4.  Does anyone else laugh at the AT&T ski lift commercial when one friend wants to ask out the other friend's ex, Sheila?  And the ex ends up chucking the phone out into the snow?  Love it.

5.  At my grandmother's yesterday, OJ was offered meatballs. He declined, and then later went to my aunt asking for something. She requested my interpretation abilities, and while listening to him I deciphered, "I ball".  He decided he did indeed want some meatballs after seeing TO eat them, but of course knowing correct pronoun usage, and knowing that he doesn't call himself "ME"...he calls himself "I".  So he asked for them properly...he asked not for "me"balls, but for "I"balls.  That's my OJ.

6.  But of course I couldn't let him go around in ignorance, so I explained that hamburger that we use to make meatballs is a MEAT, the body of a cow..emphasis T.  MEATTTTT.  That is why, dear OJ, we call them MEATTTTballs.  So when he requested more, he properly referenced them by asking for "a "ME"BALL with an EYE" and yes...he pointed to his EYEBALL. Body parts covered.

7.  I received a special surprise in the mail on Friday and want to send a great big THANK YOU to Emily.  What fun to get home and find something FUN!  Evie is going to love it. When I can bear to hand it over and watch it get slobbered on.  :)

8.  I've realized if there is one thing I can do, it's teach little people. And after coaching basketball this season (only 2 games to go, boo!), I believe it only requires a few things:
          a.  Break down the terminology into simple actions that they can understand
          b.  Repetition.  Repetition.  Repetition.
          c.  Awareness to recognize when you're about to lose them, regroup, stop lecturing, and direct
              questions at them so that they can become re-engaged.

9.  What do I really know, though? I'm just a "banker".

10.  I got to hang with this dude today.  He's alright.