Author: Mark

Niko’s last day of first grade is this coming Thursday. He is off tomorrow, as are Nina and me, for Memorial Day. So, three days left! I know, he will very likely, be happy to sit on his butt on the upstairs sofa with the television remote and the Switch remote for a at least…

Even though I haven’t watched or paid attention to sports since Niko was born, I still like to read autobiographies/biographies of athletes, broadcasters, sportswriters, and sports in general. I live in San Antonio and was a fan of the San Antonio Spurs for as long as I can remember, but again, I stopped in 2016….

Last Wednesday, Niko had early dismissal. Also, on that day, Nina was in the hospital as she had another surgery. Remember last month, when she had appendicitis! Poor baby, my sweet Nina. Don’t worry, she came home on Friday and is already doing much better. So, back to early dismissal. I decided to take that…

WHAT DOES NINA not DO? On Friday, Nina was going to have lunch with Niko at school, and when she arrived in the cafeteria to meet him, he was nowhere to be found. Fortunately, Niko’s classmates know us, and they were like, oh Niko’s mom, Niko is in the nurse’s office. He was complaining about…

I usually don’t get embarrassed, but yesterday Nina and I did something together, because I was too embarrassed to do it alone, even though a lot of people do it alone. I have done it once before with Nina before Niko was born. I was so clueless when they asked me questions, that I had…