Getting Back to Basics
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 9:45AM It's 9:45 am and I'm sitting at a freezing cold computer, listening to the radiator start to hiss. It's a lovely 16F outside, and the space below our bedroom and Dov's room isn't heated. Grin. Debating a trip to a homestore that's closing to try to find a cheap rug, it's getting a bit ridiculous. Amazingly enough, Michael and Dov are *still* asleep. Unheard of for Dov, and pure luxury for M. He's working 2nd shift this week, and I have Wednesday's off, and Dov is fighting a cold, though it doesn't seem to have gotten him too badly. Nice to be home together during the day, that never happens. The weekends have been super busy with craft fairs for Dov's school (I'm on the fundraising committee, why did I happen to pick the most active one when told I had to serve?!), a trip to the Brooklyn Nutcracker (never again with a 3-year-old, at least not to a rather amateur production with no scenery), baptism parties, and so on. 
Actually the total highlight of this past weekend was getting to meet Jake. Michael/I had met him once before when he was about 7 or so, and now he's 12 (I think). Jake is our nephew (Nathan's son) and a pure and utter delight of a boy. He came into the city with his mom, little brother Noah, and his mom's husband. We all hit it off, got along well, and discovered that Vanessa and I are due 6 days apart in July. Jake seems very happy/settled at home, and was also very eager to see his Vedder cousins and family, and cameras came out almost immediately. It was good, very good, and I cried when they had to leave. 
Reader Comments (4)
noah and douglas...kinda scares me to look at them. they look super wound up on sugar or somethin' somethin'. felt like backing away from my computer screen very, very slowly and quietly. makes me wonder if there's generally an imbalance of energy in the world and all the children get it somehow...or do the adults lose it/not take care of it and it disappears to be claimed by another young one - who makes fine use of it?
those two couldn't be more darling... yes and they do look kinda wound up on sugar.
Sometimes I wonder if humans are given more or less the same amount of energy, and if kids have so much less weight that they don't use up nearly as much energy running here and there as we would. My observation while teaching school is that there is this shift (from Grades 7-11) from "sit down!" to "wake up!" As the bodies get larger, the energy levels drop sharply, and we call that "maturity."
very interesting observation mike.