Jason's Untimely Thoughts

Summer sort of ended for us today, as Adelaide and Jack welcomed their new regular sitter to the house.  Her name is Megan, she’s likely blissfully unaware of this little slice of the web, so I’ll leave it at that.  While I was anxious about how the whole thing would be received by the kids, it was clear by 8:05 that they were happy to have someone new to entertain.

Adelaide starts kindergarten on Thursday.  She met her teacher last week and is both excited and nervous about the prospect of school.  Jack will continue at CDC downtown several days a week.  Megan will help with both kids on the other days.

The dinner schedule continues on.  I don’t believe I’ve made a meal more complicated than sandwiches yet, which all appreciate.  I’ve baked two different cakes for various dinner parties, with Adelaide busting me both times that they came from the grocery store.  To be fair, I was blaming being late on waiting on her to finish painting the stickers on the cakes.  If anyone (in Columbia) is aware of someone look for some light housecleaning work, I’d be interested in that information too.

I continue to receive unbelievably kind notes in memory of and tribute to Sarah.  Thank you to all for those.  Also, as I’ve pointed out here before, sometimes I just type junk that’s on my mind just so I can work through it a bit and get it out of my thought cycle… For instance, I don’t really want nor expect people to stop asking “How are you?” nor really think it means I suck that I haven’t remembered having any dreams about Sarah (until now, one of my dreams early this morning was re-living a school thing of some sorts involving Jack).

As hard as it is to believe, and as unsure as I am about the whole thing, football season also quickly approaches.  The Tigers start their undefeated run next weekend against the ILL in St. Louis.  Sarah & I had plans to hit 11 of the 12 regular season games (13 of 14 overall) again this year.  I’m not sure I’ll make one of those, but have firm plans for at least 10, with the kids making most of them as well.  Tailgating will be on again, although I’ll likely be asking for some help with the production.

Love to you all, Go Tigers, and screw ku.