Author: Mark

On October 10th, Nina and I will be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary. We had a cruise scheduled for that week, but Royal Caribbean canceled it. I am a bit disappointed, but also relieved at the same time. I really didn’t want to be on one of the first cruises since everything shut down….

For the past few days, Niko’s door has been open while he is preparing for sleep and during the actual sleeping. He also insists on having a really bright hallway light on just outside his bedroom. He also has 3 lights that he sleeps with and 2 more lights that are plugged into the wall…

This isn’t about the movie with Alec Baldwin as the Boss Baby, but I will tell you I have seen that movie many times thanks in large part to Niko. This is about a boy named Niko who likes to boss his parents around and when he doesn’t get what he wants, he screams and…

The weekends are both the best times of my life and the most stressful times of my life; mainly, because it’s me and Niko all day. Yes, Nina is home, but she works on Saturday and cooks on Sunday. By the evening, when he is finally sleeping, my brain and my body need a break…

I was doing really good in July, eating wise. But, all of August, I have retreated to eating bad. I start out good with a nice big breakfast, then it goes downhill after lunch. So, I am going to pretend that August disappeared and I won’t remember all the bad things I ate. Basically, I…