Pig Under Balloon
Not a phrase you'd really expect to hear from a two-year-old, but that is a part of the book. He does like to point out the obvious. "Hat!" on a man. Yes, Ryan. "...blue!" Yes.
Through the baby monitor, he can be heard in his crib, saying "Good idea!" over and over. One wonders what his stuffed bedmates are telling him.
Is it still a "baby monitor" if he's 2?
Is a german shepherd in Hamburg just a shepherd?
If more than one person comes down with the clap, is it considered applause?
Hard to get back into the working groove after a long weekend at home. The nursery is more done-r, with an extra shelf and three extra clothes rods* installed by Dan the Tool Man, battery-operated screwdriving assistance by Ryan, overall supervision by Bailey.
*easy to maximize space in a small closet when you're dealing with pint-sized clothes
Monday was kind of a bust, as I waited all morning for a roofing contractor who then arrived 2.5 hours after our appointed time, then I was on the phone with my IT support -- uh, brother -- for an hour trying to get our computer's CD drive fixed. But Ryan got to go watch the car take a bath bath bath and then run foolheartily around the mall, each stomping footstep cutting into his vocal emanations "Uh/uh/uh/uh/uh..." He's starting to get awful shy when people ask him his name or age or mother's maiden name or account number. We have to whisper him the answers, so he just whispers to the people asking.
Still trying to learn the nuances of the new job, as this plan and that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Instruction and those binders and these forwarded e-mails all talk about Regional Counterproliferation Strategies and... my contract partner told me he liked how one of the books is laid out, as he's a 'linear thinker'. I hmmmed, knowing that's not me, as I struggle with this.
So what's the opposite of a linear thinker?, I ask.
"Scatterbrained?"
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"How about 'abstract thinker'?"
Better.
Tomorrow I work on submitting a budget for the next seven years, since, on paper, it doesn't seem we exist. We've started a kitty up by the classified printer: Your Spare Change Keeps Security Cooperation Alive. Tis the season of givi
OHMIGOD PUMPKIN PIES NEXT WEEK YAY
Through the baby monitor, he can be heard in his crib, saying "Good idea!" over and over. One wonders what his stuffed bedmates are telling him.
Is it still a "baby monitor" if he's 2?
Is a german shepherd in Hamburg just a shepherd?
If more than one person comes down with the clap, is it considered applause?
Hard to get back into the working groove after a long weekend at home. The nursery is more done-r, with an extra shelf and three extra clothes rods* installed by Dan the Tool Man, battery-operated screwdriving assistance by Ryan, overall supervision by Bailey.
*easy to maximize space in a small closet when you're dealing with pint-sized clothes
Monday was kind of a bust, as I waited all morning for a roofing contractor who then arrived 2.5 hours after our appointed time, then I was on the phone with my IT support -- uh, brother -- for an hour trying to get our computer's CD drive fixed. But Ryan got to go watch the car take a bath bath bath and then run foolheartily around the mall, each stomping footstep cutting into his vocal emanations "Uh/uh/uh/uh/uh..." He's starting to get awful shy when people ask him his name or age or mother's maiden name or account number. We have to whisper him the answers, so he just whispers to the people asking.
Still trying to learn the nuances of the new job, as this plan and that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Instruction and those binders and these forwarded e-mails all talk about Regional Counterproliferation Strategies and... my contract partner told me he liked how one of the books is laid out, as he's a 'linear thinker'. I hmmmed, knowing that's not me, as I struggle with this.
So what's the opposite of a linear thinker?, I ask.
"Scatterbrained?"
<
"How about 'abstract thinker'?"
Better.
Tomorrow I work on submitting a budget for the next seven years, since, on paper, it doesn't seem we exist. We've started a kitty up by the classified printer: Your Spare Change Keeps Security Cooperation Alive. Tis the season of givi
OHMIGOD PUMPKIN PIES NEXT WEEK YAY
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