Outnumbered
Posted by: Jason Mayo, September 8, 2008 in 2:11 pm
You can’t draft a fantasy family. It’s just not an option. At least for most of us anyway. I don’t usually think about this. Today happened to remind me that you play the hand you’re dealt…
I’m a sports fan. Always have been and I suppose I always will be. It’s just something I grew up with. I played sports, watched sports on TV (12″ black and white, thank you very much), collected sports cards (my mom threw all of them in the garbage), read sports magazines (when I wasn’t reading Ranger Rick or
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Posted by: Jason Mayo, August 29, 2008 in 10:50 pm
Someone once told me, “Trust me. The qualities in your kids that annoy you the most now, are the very same qualities that you want them to possess as young adults.” I say, “Easier said than done Missy.” That’s like asking me if I’d like a cold glass of water, while I’m walking in the desert and then telling me that you don’t have any. That’s like parking a new BMW in my driveway and telling me to take it for a spin and then telling me that you don’t have the keys. In other words, it doesn’t do me much good in the here and now…
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Posted by: Jason Mayo, August 25, 2008 in 12:34 pm
Ok. I’m on another family trip. This time, with another couple and their offspring. We are traveling up the northeast coast. We’re stopping in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. Awesome, right? Not so much. I’d rather keep it simple, BBQ in the backyard, a walk to the pizza place or a day in a Turkish Prison. I like to attack parenting in fifteen-minute segments. It’s kind of like taking a short shift in hockey. Get out there, skate hard, throw a check or two, give it all you’ve got, then sit for a few. I think a long road trip with the kids is like degenerative arthritis. It’s starts out with a few aches and pains. You take an Advil here and there and then BAM!!! You’re in one of those mechanical wheel chairs all messed up and hurting full time.
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Posted by: Jason Mayo, August 17, 2008 in 10:57 am
People always ask my wife and I if we’re planning on “going for” kid #3. Or my personal favorite… “now that you guys have two girls, aren’t you going to try for a boy?” I say, “Bite me!” The thought of it makes my tiny little brain ache. I love my daughters even more than hockey but two is certainly more than enough for me.
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Posted by: Jason Mayo, August 10, 2008 in 5:09 am
Chapter 1 – Family Trip So, It’s 5:30p in the afternoon on a Saturday and I’m still in my pajamas. Actually I’ve been up since 6am this morning, dressed, traveled from state to state and just finally slipped back into my pajamas for some much needed R&R. My wife and I are on an overnight excursion alone. Ahhh.
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