Normally I go with a Three Things Thursday on Thursday, but I’m not doing that this week because I have something different I want to write for tomorrow. So, I’m going with Five Things Wednesday. Because, well, why not?
Real quick, if you’ve never been here or don’t know what “Operation Jack” is, click here. Now, Five Things Wednesday. FTW.
1. Jack is doing better
I wrote a blog last week about some struggles we’ve had lately with Jack and how it really wearing us down. I got a lot of feedback from y’all and while I didn’t get back to most of you, that was because I was really struggling emotionally with what we were going through and I didn’t want to talk much about it after I wrote that blog. It’s hard to explain, but the blog was kind of like a “Dear Diary” thing for me, but I was done talking about it after that.
Your feedback was really nice, though, and lifted me up. I really appreciate it. Jack has turned the corner and is sleeping and we’re not as miserable as we were. It’s still a challenge — now he’s into staying up and giggling until 10 p.m., but that beats the heck out of middle-of-the-night meltdowns.
Thanks again for all the feedback here, on Twitter and on Facebook. Gave me a nice lift.
2. Friday Night Lights
Last Friday I had a moment I’d been looking forward to for the past decade. I took my oldest son Benjamin to his first high school football game! Now, we don’t live in a small town in a Colorado, but there’s more of a community feel here than there was in California. Seemed like everybody was there, and it was a rivalry game — the two high schools in this city were playing each other. “Our” high school is ranked a little lower than the other high school, but they won 17-14 on a wobbly 39-yard field goal that barely made it over the crossbar with two seconds left to play. I couldn’t have written the script any better!
3. Truly making an impact!
As I mentioned here several times over the past few months, my friend Jonathan Gunderson put on a race in San Francisco on Saturday to raise money for the World Harvest Mission to build wells for villages in Uganda that don’t have clean water. Well, he raised enough money to build nine wells for villages in need!
4. I’m a jerk
I saw this posted by a friend of mine on Facebook the other night and couldn’t help but to … well, be a jerk I guess.
5. I have no game
Played Chutes and Ladders Monday night against my daughter Ava. Lost. Played her again. Lost again. Played Candy Land. Lost. So I sent her up to bed.
OK, that’s all for today. Am I a jerk? Is there anything more American than high school football on Friday nights? How good are you at Chutes and Ladders? Have a great Wednesday!
Ben says
It is a known fact that kids under the age of 8 cheat at board games. You will lose every time. As did I. Ava is lucky all you did was send her to bed.
Krissy @ Shiawase Life says
I lose all board games! Haha, always made my little sister happy 😉
Amy says
I think anyone who writes anything like that as their facebook status (or twitter or through email) deserves whatever comments are made.
Glad to hear that Jack is having a good week!