So, “Mama” might have been her first word, but “Hi” is her favorite. She says “Hi” to animals, hi to stuffed animals, hi to mommy, hi to daddy, hi to the wall. She just says hi and waves at everything… it is A-FREAKING-DORABLE.
Note the excellent choice of apparel. Also, this is how cute she is when she has been running a fever and coughing all day. Imagine a NORMAL day.
For the last 4 years, at several different jobs, I’ve worn a Hawaiian Shirt nearly every Friday to work for “Hawaiian Shirt Friday.” I can count on one hand how many times someone OTHER than myself has worn a Hawaiian shirt, so I’m pretty used to going it alone. After a while it simply becomes something funny/quirky. Everyone has come to expect that I’ll be wearing some Hawaiian shirt or another because that’s what happens on Fridays. When I accidentally miss, I get comments ALL day long about it.
Well, today several of my coworkers wore Hawaiian shirts and brought me donuts that included a note: “Thank you, Mark, for all your work! You’ve made Red Zone1 Awesome!” I can’t tell you how much that meant. It’s not often that you get thanked in any job, but that is especially true when you are a knowledge worker of any kind. When something is broken you hear about it, but usually the best compliment you get is not hearing anything for a while.
I don’t think I’ll see any more Hawaiian Shirts for a while now, but it is good to know that a few people appreciated work I was paid to do enough to thank me personally and participate in my little quirks.
Here’s to more oversized, ugly shirts 
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We had snow today! It was incredible to get to play in the most snow I’ve seen in Austin since I moved here. The kids ran around all day. We made a little bit of a snowman–but he melted quickly. Hot chocolate, snow ice cream, muddy paws and daddy working from home… is there a better mid-winter day in Texas than “Snow Day?”
My daughter is supersupersupercute now. This morning she was trying to say “wow” with me.
You have to admit that is just so precious. And so neat to see how we learn.
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