Author: Mark

On August 15th and after 15 years with WAMU/Chase, I resigned. I was supposed to start a new job on that same day, but that job fell through. I probably should’ve held off on resigning and used one more sick day, but I was excited and eager to start something new. It was a remote…

Last week, the only interesting thing that happened was that I got to pick Niko up by myself on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nina worked some extra hours at her job, so she wanted to keep working during the pick-up time. No biggie! I am the dad, and I can do it. When I arrived at…

Niko has had a cough for several weeks, and when it comes to medicine, it’s very hard to get him to take it no matter what the flavor is. We have a lot of variety to choose from. He expects medicine to taste good, and we are like nope. On Sunday night right before bedtime,…

On Wednesday, the school had early dismissal. We dropped him off at school at 7:40 and picked him up at 11:45. During that time, he had his two favorite activities – recess and a small snack in his classroom. We also surprised him with the pizza car (that’s what he calls it) for lunch. When…

I am not planning on writing about each week of school for Niko, but so far, each week, something fun has happened. On Friday, Niko had a dentist appointment scheduled in advance. So, I got the lucky straw and got to get him out school early. It took less than 5 minutes from the time…