Annika Speak
QuickPost | System Overview | Movable Type Publishing Platform Annika continues to amaze me in the area of word invention. First of all, ever since she became a fan of Grey's Anatomy, she's had her heart set on becoming a surgeon. Recently, she pinpointed her future specialty: "cardioforathic surgeon." Try saying that 20 times as fast as you can and you deserve to be one yourself. Before that, after Kristina mentioned the word "geriatrics" in a conversation with Annika, she asked, "Who is Jerry Atrix?"
Other news: I've been having such a terrible time getting Lukas up in time for school lately. Yesterday, he got into the car with no shoes on and didn't realize it until we'd gone nearly a mile. If I turned back, Erik would be late, so I continued despite ear-splitting protests and rants about how it was my fault (?) When we got to school, I had to drag his shoeless body out of the back seat so he wouldn't be late for the ridiculous yet all-important TAKS test. So he went to class with a face five shades of red. Actually, it did contrast nicely with those blindly white socks of his. Today, I warned him that I would go to his room to wake him up no more than twice. On the third time, I would toss a paper cup full of ice water in hi face. Naturally, it came to that. Paper cup—5 cents. Ice water—1 cent. High pitched gasp and stunned facial expression—priceless. And yep, he woke up. A lot.
Sometimes Lukas protests that my punishments are "weird," including the pushups I demand when he’s disrespectful. So I simply remind him that I've tried all the conventional methods on him, none of which made a dent. I’ve been forced to blaze unexplored trails into new and exciting parenting territory. After all, necessity is the mother of invention or, in words that undoubtedly first spilled out of the mouth of some brilliant yet anonymous mom from long ago: "Whatever works, man!" Say your prayers for the victims of V. Tech and their families and friends.