Lucas Gets a Girlfriend

Lucas went back to college back at the beginning of the month, so, between the bubble and the lockdown, I didn’t get to see him, even if he was home for over two months. That sucked, since I really was looking forward to hanging with him, but I guess there’ll be time enough this summer, … Continue reading Lucas Gets a Girlfriend →

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day

Looking back, last Valentine’s Day was practically the last normal thing me and Joyce did before the quarantine hit and everything got so incredibly fucked up. At the time, I was settling into my new job at the hotel, the Parrots had just gotten themselves a promising new pitcher, I started working with Noah, and … Continue reading Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day →

Valentine’s Day 2021

When it came time to head over to Joyce’s on Valentine’s Day, I made sure I had everything I got for her with me – candy, flowers (those were delivered to Maya’s by their florist…Sandy arranged that for me), Snoopy airplane, card and Panda necklace. I put the phone in my Christmas Cup Phone and … Continue reading Valentine’s Day 2021 →

Matteo Makes His Goal Weight

I reckon I may be supposed to wait until next week’s show airs, but I’m excited enough to want to tell y’all about what happened this morning at Matteo’s weigh-in. He did it. He reached his goal weight. He even overshot it by a pound. I told y’all that we had balloons and confetti ready, … Continue reading Matteo Makes His Goal Weight →

Super Bowl

I went over to Keaton’s for the Super Bowl. I was thinking of having him over to the pool house, since now I’m the one with the bigger TV, and watch it with him and Jacob (Matteo was telling everyone all week long that he wasn’t going to watch the Super Bowl), but I also … Continue reading Super Bowl →

Jacob’s Meltdown (last part)

Following Jacob’s meltdown at breakfast and my talk with him afterwards, me and the boys spent the afternoon like any Monday afternoon since I started coming over, except I didn’t look at my watch. Me and Jacob had a great time figuring out the pitching machine, and Matteo’s even stopped asking when our time together … Continue reading Jacob’s Meltdown (last part) →

Jacob’s Meltdown (part 2)

Jacob had a meltdown while we were having breakfast Monday morning. He broke his plate against the table and went running from the room. And it kind of became my job to go after him. I caught up with him in his room – which he was in the act of trashing. He already pulled … Continue reading Jacob’s Meltdown (part 2) →

Jacob’s Meltdown (part 1)

So no sooner have I moved into the pool house permanently than we got hit by some major drama around the Sharpman house. If I’d told you that one of the boys had a meltdown, y’all’d probably have guessed that, what with the diet and all, it’d be Matteo, right? Then you’d be wrong. Maybe … Continue reading Jacob’s Meltdown (part 1) →