Posts Tagged ‘Liam’

On the way to Friday

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Two things have dominated the week. Emerson finished kindergarten with total aplomb and Liam has been sick puking his guts out. It’s really quite a combination. My house is wrecked, and all scheduling and planning have been thrown out the window. This week I have spent time in the emergency room, doctor’s office and pharmacy with Liam and tie-dying t-shirts and hunting for Silly Bandz with Emerson.

Also, I’ve been walking around for the last couple of days with blue dye-stained fingertips because I didn’t wear gloves during the tie-dying process. So on top of everything else, I look like I tried to rob a bank.

 
good luck Liam   last day of kindergarten

Postscript: This picture was taken a few short hours before my week went south.

want some merlot folks?

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

One time on a winery tour in Sonoma I read that vines that face adversity produce the best wine. I went there with Liam. We had been having a long-distance relationship. He decided to come to San Francisco for a ten-day visit. “Ten days!” my girlfriends cried. “That’s too long.” “What are you going to do with him for ten days?” But I wasn’t worried. Not really. I felt like finding out. We took a trip to Sonoma in my 15-year-old red hatchback. We were happy and tipsy and drawing our dream homes on napkins like fourth graders. A pool. An orangerie. A skate-ramp. A waiter raised a bottle to us and said in a thick accent, “Want some merlot folks”. Liam’s face looked shocked. “Excuse me?” he said. After the waiter walked away he leaned towards me and said, “I thought he said want some merlot fucks”. I laugh almost spitting out my wine.