Raising Bipolar

Tomorrow Rye and I leave to go with Gam for a week on our first cruise.   Well, Gam has been on many cruises but this will be the first for Rye and I.  And it will be Rye’s first time out of the country (with the exception of Canada).  We are really excited.
Personally, I am [...]

We say goodbye to the childhood years, hello to the teen years, and hello to football.
Real football.
Get your butt in gear, get in shape, learn how to play well, and look to becoming one of the best, football.  Look to excellence.  Look to scholarship.  Keep your eye on the prize.
Current stats:
12 years old, 5′9″, 170 [...]

Rye made it through his first week-long experience  of overnight camp.  We pick him up this morning and I can’t wait to hear about how it all went.  From the pictures I’ve seen so far it looks like they did some really fun stuff and I can’t wait to hear his side of the story.   [...]

With Rye away at camp I am feeling a bit like I’m missing a limb or something.
I know, it’s ridiculous.  But the kid has such a big personality he really fills up the house with his presence and it’s a little vacuous here without him.   Anyway, I hope he’s having a good time. We don’t [...]

We have had a good week over here.  Rye has been doing well and we’ve been having fun.
We had what felt a million doctor appointments on Tuesday, Wednesday we stayed home and did house work, Thursday Rye hung out with a friend and then Friday I took him and his friend to the amusement park.  [...]