This almost makes me feel young again.

With our twenty-year reunion coming up this weekend, I’ve been thinking back about high school more than usual. Along with those memories came a familiar feeling I haven’t experienced in years—raw, painful, deep beneath the surface. That’s right—I am getting a zit. Not just any zit. It is right smack on the tip of my nose, as though it’s been lying in wait since Clinton was president for the most opportune moment to rear its ugly white head.

Some of you may think you’re bringing back the ‘80s with your leather fringe and Aquanet. As for me, I do nothing half ass.

Santa’s going to milk this for all it’s worth.

Upon returning from Walmart with the kids, I watched them do a happy dance through the front door, pry our bags open and spin about the house with their newest prized possessions. I realized what I love most about this age is that the simplest things make them positively euphoric:  $1 plastic bowls with built-in straws, Dora electric toothbrushes, brand new Thomas the Train underpants. How many more Christmases do I have left before they realize Santa’s a tightwad?

A conversation between me and my three-year-old daughter

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Me:  It’s cold out here.
Eva: It’s not cold! It’s hot!
Me: OK, Eva. Come on out of the car, It’s soaking wet out here.
Eva: It’s not wet! It’s dry!
Me:  C’mon. Hurry up.
Eva: No, hurry DOWN!
Me:  Eva, why do you have to argue with everything I say?
Eva: NOOO! I’M NOT ARGUING! …
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