It seems to me we are a family in a house on fire. It turns out some of the family are arsonists actively working to light new blazes in every room they find, leaving many of us with no obvious fire extinguishers and calling the fire department over and over to stop this thing. 1/8

She takes my first still-full cup, hands me the second cup, throws the coffee from the first cup in my face with a hurried, “Drink this” and walks off to help another customer.
I did not leave a tip.
But I will also say this is not the worst waitress experience I have ever had.

THINGS I LEARNED IN THE COMMUNITY PLAY ROOM #1:
- It’s smart for everyone to wash hands before coming into the room. It will be undermined 4.5 seconds later with the first child to pick their nose and handle the teddy bear.

I know in some families after dinner a child asks, “May I be excused?” and leaves the table.
And that happens here too.
But in our family last night after dinner Lightning Bug announced “I’M LEAVING!”, made vague tiger clawing motions at Carol, and stalked past us saying “Boing. Boing. Boing."

And then my daughter convinced me that defying gravity is not just a song.