We Go With Him

Sunday was pleasant. Everyone got a full night's sleep, Charlie waited around good-naturedly to bring some yard stuff to the town dump, there were two... Read more →

After Charlie slept from 8 -- 11 am on Saturday, he and Jim did 16 miles at a manic pace. Oddly, Charlie did not want... Read more →

While sitting, as I rarely do, in the black chair by Charlie's bed as he tossed and turned, I kept thinking I was on the... Read more →

Order was restored on Thursday as, after Jim came home from the train at 4.30pm, there was a bike ride. But anxiety always lags. Friday... Read more →

Wednesday was Charlie's third day on a wave of not sleeping. He did go to sleep after 3am, after hollering for his iPad and yelling... Read more →

Sunday night ended up being an all-nighter for Charlie who nonetheless was smiling broadly before boarding the bus on Monday morning. Parents Night was great;... Read more →

It would be unrealistic to think Charlie can sleep before 2am tonight due to sleeping until 2pm, out like the proverbial light on the old... Read more →

I turned off Charlie's iPad just before 5am on Saturday and he went to sleep for over 6 hours. He and Jim biked 16 miles... Read more →

It's looking like this will be the third all-nighter of the week as Charlie napped in the brown chair for just over an hour in... Read more →

Without getting into matters too intimate, I rather think these are very much a reason for Charlie's routine bouts of insomnia, melatonin take the hindmost.... Read more →

The special thing about this photo which resembles myriads of other photos on this blog is that Jim and Charlie were riding into (sort of)... Read more →

Charlie showed a highly unusual interest in paging though a book (my Herodotus translation) Monday night before, in a predicted pattern, things got a lot... Read more →

The super sweet smile Charlie had on his face as he came down the stairs Sunday morning faded as we returned from an early morning... Read more →

Start of some of the 23 1/2 miles on Saturday. (Yes, the glove thing is key.) Read more →

Twenty years ago I was in graduate school with grand ideas. Now as you know I do a lot of this. And believe it or... Read more →

Walks, bike rides, things in general. Posted with Blogsy Read more →

After getting off the bus on Wednesday, Charlie asked for a bike ride which I think he knew was not going to happen. In the... Read more →

At 3am, after a night of snacking, video watching, lying down and seeming to be asleep as it was very quiet in his room, getting... Read more →

Charlie's been saying 'Miss Kathy' on and off. She was his teacher when he was 4-5 years old and I think he's said her name... Read more →

23 1/2 miles on the bikes, 3 miles of walks, on a cooler breezy Sunday. More voices and presences in the house. Nervousness, some tears... Read more →