Danny got lucky. His eye looked terrible, but the eye doctor said the scratches on the cornea had already healed. His eye became the subject of much discussion in Mrs. Wys’ class. As they did their calendar ritual each day this week, the color of Danny’s eye was recorded. He has healed quickly, going from black and purple to purple and green to yellow and red.

Nicole brought home Godzilla for the weekend. He just sits in the corner and doesn’t do much. Nicole says he is a Crevice Spiny lizard. Godzilla is about 10 inches long. He has a black collar. Looks a lot like the horny toads Ted and I used to catch in Isle of Palms.

This morning we had our second Odyssey of the Mind “OM” meeting. Kathy is the coach. Her co-coach doesn’t help, so I’m the default co-coach/baby sitter. We used the basement where the kids could do minimal damage. They danced to different moods, told a story in a circle, and drew pictures from random shapes I drew. The meeting finished with popcorn and a punch concoction I made from left over sodas we had in the closet.

We picked up our Christmas Tree today. It is a Douglas Fir and the largest tree we’ve ever had. It clears the ceiling by about a 1/4″. I started putting the lights on, but Kathy fired me because I wasn’t tucking them inside the tree. Last year she fired me because I was tucking them inside the tree. Last year she wanted to be able to hang ornaments on the wires. I guess she doesn’t want to do that this year.

Let history record that I am a very patient husband and father. If my family says otherwise, they simply are not credible witnesses.