Saturday Morning From my seat on the couch, I watched Ashley come bounding down the stair steps, making enough noise to rouse the dead. I didn’t think a hundred pound girl could make that much noise. Her older and bigger brothers on the football team were lighter on their feet than her. Still, her exuberance was catchy, but I had to try and fight it off this morning, if I could. We had a rather… delicate matter... to disc...

Sunday Night “Honey?” my wife, Blaire, called out to me. “You coming to bed or staying downstairs?” “I’ll be up in a few minutes, hon. Gotta do the Oreo thing with Ash.” The last season of Game Of Thrones was in full swing, and the Oreo cookie company decided to issue a special batch of Oreos stamped with various factions, and they were served in a very cool package. Of course, we had to buy several packages. So after eac...

Friday: Ten Days later Ten days… ten days! That’s a long time to be away from your new lover. What made it worse was that my new lover was so close by, so very close. The only thing that stood between us was my wife. And my two sons. And the civilized world, too. If I could just hang on a few more hours. Last Tuesday was supposed to be our day, we were both counting on it. But I had an issue at work that had to be attende...