Graveyard Shift Tonight, my wife works her first-ever graveyard shift. She just pulled two evening shifts, coming home after 1 a.m., and now gets to try the overnighter for two nights in a row. I did it for several years, at various grocery stores in Texas and Arkansas, so I know what it’s like. We’ll[...]
One thing about me that a casual acquaintance might not pick up is my effort to be efficient. In everything. Perhaps it has something to do with Cheaper by the Dozen (the book, not the silly movies that were derived from it). When I was young, my family read this book aloud as a group.[...]
Tonight, my wife begins a short series of evening and night shifts, so it felt like the day was reversed: I was home with her in the morning, but had the evening to myself. A couple of nights this week, she’ll work overnight. Hopefully, she’s young enough to handle it. *** We saw something on[...]
Today, my wife and I took a day trip to Waco, Texas, mostly to see the Texas Ranger Museum. You can see all the pictures by clicking here, or watch the slideshow here. Here are a couple of my favorites from the day.
Not long ago, I mentioned that Killeen had a high accident rate (hearsay), and today I found out why. People don’t turn on their headlights when it’s raining. Despite arguments to the contrary, it is state law in Texas, according to the state’s driver manual (.pdf). The manual says you have to have your lights[...]
Now that we’ve been in place for a few weeks, we’re starting to find our routine. That’s really the important thing with any big life shift — making a new rut. My wife’s schedule is getting ironed out, though she’ll have to work some pretty odd shifts sometimes. This week, it was all really early[...]
Yesterday’s visit to a different church was an adventure to say the least. The church’s website made it clear that it was a Korean Catholic Church, but said that the 11 a.m. mass would be in English and Korean. That note was mistaken: the entire mass was in Korean, so for 90 minutes my wife[...]
Our birthday weekend is half-over. Yesterday, we went to nearby Harker Heights to visit Barnes & Nobles, where my wife and I each purchased a birthday book for ourselves. She got Dan Brown’s newest novel, and I picked up a biography of Amelia Earhart, the famous female flier. We also went to Bed, Bath and[...]
In a very rare instance, my wife and I will both have birthdays this weekend. She is 28 today, and I’ll be (gulp!) 37 tomorrow. Last night, after her shift ended, we ate dinner at Bush’s Chicken, which was better than we’d expected and filled us up for $13. We toured the new Academy Sports[...]
It was four years ago today that I first opened my account on Flickr. In that time, I’ve uploaded more than 11,400 photos (11,218 are public as of this writing). At the time, I was looking for a “host” site for photos, because the host for my website had very limited storage space, and I[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2. After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness. I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Today, Rebecca — for the first time — went to the bathroom somewhere besides our house.
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
A few days ago, we passed what I’ve jokingly called “the Rebecca threshold” with our Benjamin pregnancy. She was born about 7 weeks before her due date. As of May 10, we passed that point in the current pregnancy. My wife’s at 34 weeks as of today, and about nine pounds lighter than she was[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Rebecca woke with a dry diaper this morning and kept her panties dry all day, using her potty correctly all day. We spent the day shifting from (1) us asking if she needed to go to (2) her telling us when she needed to go. And, after three days of holding it, she went #2[...]
Rebecca kept her diaper dry all morning, while MF was at work, and then wore panties the rest of the day, keeping them dry too. She even surprised us by staying dry during a supper trip to Dairy Queen (she had requested an ice cream cone). We put a diaper on her for the trip[...]
Big Milestone: Rebecca is now Three Feet Tall. Not quite tall enough for the WNBA, but on her way. She also crossed the 27-pound threshold for the first time (that we know of; we haven’t weighed her in a while). She’s 2.58 years (31 months) old. Compared to me: My mother didn’t record my height[...]
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