diary

fine

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:31:00 +0000

i ask stefano how he's feeling.
he says, "fine. just i have a sore throat."

grave

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:30:00 +0000

i imagine donald duck falling into his grave.

chicken

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:54:00 +0000

i was vacuuming.
stefano started hopping up and down and saying, "a chicken! it makes a chicken!"
the vacuum cord was in the shape of a chicken.

off

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:09:00 +0000

zander does somersaults off the couch.

close

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:34:00 +0000

4 more days.

weird

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:01:00 +0000

i was telling my client, a 10 year old boy, that every morning, some guy drives around and throws newspapers onto driveways.
he laughed and said, "that's so weird."

enough

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:35:00 +0000

i got up at 6:30 and came home at 6:30.
i had just enough energy to read a comic book to the kids before bed.

murder

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:11:00 +0000

i get up at 5:30, i come back at 7:30.
so tired, i don't even have the energy to read a comic book.

shots

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:42:00 +0000

stefano got 2 flu shots, one on each arm.
zander got 2 flu shots, one on each leg.
when they got home, they got chocolate.

buy

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:34:00 +0000

i overheard 2 young asian students on campus saying that if you go shopping with your friends, they'll say, "buy it!" but if you go shopping with your parents, they'll say, "don't buy it!"

whiny

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:52:00 +0000

stefano was making whiny sounds, so i put on some really loud music to drown him out.

changed

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:44:00 +0000

stefano comes into our bedroom in the morning and tells us he changed, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and combed his hair.

dirt

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:04:00 +0000

zander made a mess with dirt in the house.
i said, "well, it's been a while since alexander has done something atrocious."
aleli said, "it has been a while."

wet

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:48:00 +0000

a little dog followed us in the rain.

gutter

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:42:00 +0000

i looked out the window and saw some guy spit into the gutter.

cold

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:05:00 +0000

zander says, "wrap me up like a burrito."

yesterday

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000

the kids laughed as i danced with kirby.

donuts

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:36:00 +0000

tomorrow morning.

cat

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:28:00 +0000

the deaf cat wandered into the living room.

heart

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:28:00 +0000

a young woman came to our house asking for money to support health care reform.
when i told her i was in grad school, she asked me what i was studying.
i said, "speech language pathology."
she said, "mythology? i'm reading a book about mythology!"
she talked about the book and the two feathers she found in the shape of a heart.

clown

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 +0000

i close my eyes, and see the image of a clown's silhouette, filled with stars.

smacking

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:13:00 +0000

kirby greets me with the smacking of his lips in the morning.
i tell him, "alexander will feed you, kirby."
when he finally understands that i'm not going to feed him, he plops down on his pillow and says, "grrmph."

crossed

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:31:00 +0000

a few days ago, aleli and i saw a young man with a funny hat and an absurdly huge walking stick.
he crossed the street in front of us.
aleli laughed and said, "that could be you!"
i said, "i was thinking the same thing."

monday

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:44:00 +0000

this morning, i said to donna, "and so it begins, the long trudge forward to the end of the day."
she said, "i know, i'm not looking forward to it."
and she had a crappy weekend.

cactus

noreply@blogger.com (erik nebel) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:52:00 +0000

stefano made a picture of a cactus in a desert with tumbleweeds rolling by.
zander made a picture of a cactus in a sandstorm.