Valentines Day

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Just another day in this house. 

Keagan came by the house last night for dinner. I marinated some steak bites and cooked up some shrimp, and we ate our meal in front of the tv while watching college basketball. For the record, the steak bites were excellent!

I’ve put off completing the dreaded FAFSA for months, and told Keagan we had to do it this weekend. I logged in, and soon verification codes were being sent to Evan, Keagan, and me. We put Evan on speaker phone to get the numbers, and while I was trying to gain access, the boys made small talk. 

Keagan: The FAFSA accounts are messed up. They have you listed as my parent. 

Evan: Thats crazy! I just almost started a fire in Bella’s apartment boiling water for fettuccini. I’m not responsible enough for any other life. I can barely take care of myself.

Keagan: I just ate dinner. Some steak bites and shrimp.

Evan: Where are you?

Keagan: I’m at the crib,

Evan: Woah! You got steak bites and shrimp? I thought you were in Nashville at a Japanese fusion restaurant. 

Keagan: Hey, little bro comes home and Mom goes all out.

Evan: I see that. When I’m at home, I’ve gotta eat Ritz crackers, peanut butter, and two pink ladies for dinner. That’s crazy you get the good stuff.

😂🤣😂🤣

Pink ladies. 🍎 🍎

I laughed until I cried! 

(And I cook every night.)

Snow Week

​One full week. No alarms. No work. No appointments. No obligation to do anything. 

Perfection. Life is good.

White Coat

​I saved my personal day leave for seven months - even skipped on a bucket list concert in September to make sure I had one day of leave to see Evan’s white coat ceremony. I have looked forward to this event for a year! Then the snow storm hit; the ceremony was canceled. A make-up ceremony was scheduled later in the week for a smaller venue, but guests were not allowed. 

No problem. The school agreed to live stream it. We logged in to see this. 

The screen eventually got righted, we listened to multiple guest speakers talk about a lot of nothing, and I counted 51 students walking across the stage. My number 76 was almost up. I had my phone ready to record and screen shot. And the internet went down. Not mine. The school’s!  

No problem. They have a photographer taking pictures to commemorate the occasion. Here’s what I got.

(This expression is my dad all over.)

Grainy. Out of focus. But he’s wearing slacks, a button up, and dress shoes. 

Congratulations to my boy!