Zach's blog
I’ve been looking forward to this day all year; Not only because of the day off from school and work but because I get to question it.
What is it, you ask?
Let me explain.
1. Dinosaurs are extinct.
There seems to have arisen an underground religion within the last couple of years. When I first heard about it, I said “Ha ha… Oh, that’s ridiculous!
Undoubtedly the biggest debate we have in this country right now is the war in Iraq. I obviously know why.
There's another soul amongst the living. Kaitlyn arrived last week.
She's a beauty. I'm trying to figure this out: Her dad is my nephew. What does that make Kaitlyn to me, relationally speaking?
Anyway, for her parents - David and Erin - a few things to think about, if and when they have the time to think. This is their first child, and from what I heard from Gramma Jo (my sister), they didn't have an easy time of it. But then, it's never easy, is it?
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Kids, I'll make this quick, just hit a few highlights - you have plenty of stuff to do.
In essence, you now must put yourselves aside and become a team.
You have important things to tend to. Your first responsibility now is to your daughter. Lots has happened, much of it has been trying, and perhaps you each didn't live up to the other's expectations; however, if you two hold grudges for the purely normal behaviors that come from the other, Kaitlyn will have a rotten life. As she has no power over what kind of life you choose to give her, and since you two brought her here, that means you have the responsibility to set aside anything you once thought of as a "right". Most of those "rights" are now either privileges, or daydreams.
Erin, your David - like any new father - had, and has, no idea what you're experiencing. He can't. He isn't like you. Don't make the mistake of expecting him to be all things to you. In learning how to be a mother, you need Kaitlyn's grandmothers - not only for pointers and advice, but for the support of women who have been there. David can't teach you how to be a mom. Don't demand that he do so; and for heaven's sake, don't punish him because he can't.
The three potentially most annoying types of females out there are brides, former smokers, and brand-new mothers. All three of those types of girls feel a skewed sense of entitlement. Yes, you are entitled to certain things from David - but as magnificient as Kaitlyn is, and as difficult as it was to get her here, you didn't perform a function that wins you some kind of Perfect Princess crown: You gave birth. And you did a great job. You now have to be a woman about it. You have to grow out of being a girl.
Every couple of weeks during the Maine Maritime Academy training cruise, on a day when the State of Maine is away from port, they have what they call a holiday.
It's not a federally recognized holiday, but it might as well be for the students and crew at sea. Once the morning chores are done, everyone but a core group needed to run the ship takes the rest of the day to re-charge their batteries.
It's a day when they don't have to worry about training and classes and uniforms and the instructors don't have to worry about teaching. They even get to wear civilian clothes.
Some relax on the fourth-floor deck, known as the
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are out of control. If they would stop for one minute and think about what they believe, they would realize how ridiculous they are.
Some deaths are tragic [Galileo, Mr.
Barry Bonds is predicted to pass Hank Aaron’s all-time homerun record this year (on pace for the end of June actually). This could possibly be the saddest day in American baseball, a.k.a.
