Moms are Embarrassing

Dear Al,

I think your neck looks at least 28, maybe 26 with good lighting. Like near darkness. Just kidding.

I spent several hours today writing about very specific nurse educator related nonsense that seems totally unimportant now that I think about it. I wish I had a baby to distract me from such tedious work. It is so boring here by myself all day. Sometimes I realize that I have told the dog what I'm doing like I really expect him to understand. Then I think, he's a dog you idiot! Oliver just licks his lips and goes back to sleep.

So, Haley and I went for a bike ride the other day and we stopped at a park for a little while. There were these middle school aged kids there who were really obnoxious. I mean really obnoxious. One kid kept saying a phrase (not clean enough to mention to our large audience of adults and children alike), and I was just going to go yell at him when Haley begged me to not to, because it would embarrass her. The annoying boy saw that I was going to come over and yell, and he left- saving her from said embarrassment. The next day, she wanted to ride her shiny new, awesome bike over to her friend's house and I insisted that she wear a helmet. This is an incredibly embarrassing skull saving thing to do if you are in middle school. Then yesterday we had the talent show for Zion and she was picked to play a game. In the middle of the game, I yelled "faster Haley!!" and the crowd laughed. I am now the most embarrassing mother on earth. She may never be seen in public with me again. Can you relate to this?

Our next project is to make this blog look not quite so lame. It needs a theme. Like baby animals or fire and ice. Wait, I know- the theme is- are you ready?---letters. Clever huh? I will work on that.

Love, Em