Author: Jennifer M. Dodd

Step 1. Set up FitBit.
Step 2. Go to bed at a reasonable hour to track your sleep.
Step 3. Get woken up at 3:45 a.m. by the sound of a child vomiting in their loft bed.

I see how this works now.

Madeline’s fourth grade class has a designated dress up theme for every single day this week leading into the winter break. Today was “dress like your favorite holiday character or holiday item; examples: snowman, reindeer, Santa, Christmas tree, etc.”. Of course, we realized this about two minutes before she was supposed to get on the bus. She was wearing a black shirt and black pants.

I told her to go as a lump of coal.