Hiatus Halted

I've been a maniac for the last year. Too many credits and ongoing childcare crises have eaten my time. Fortunately, "dead week" is upon us and I have nothing new to worry about before finals. In theory.

TinyPants is old enough this year to be interested in the snow. He's cautious however, standing next to the snowdrifts with quiet concentration. Being placed in the middle of the yard in knee-deep powder is apparently too traumatic. I guess we've got more time before snow angels, igloos, and snowball fights. Perhaps it's his tropical heritage making itself known.

Every parent carries certain hopes for their children. Some have lists detailing what they would like their child to become. I have only three things I would like him to not become. They are:

1. Serial killer/sociopath/reality TV star (Yes, they all count as one. Think about it)
2. (American) Football player
3. Ice Sculptor

Numba 1 I think is fairly unlikely at this point; we don't seem to have the genetic disposition or the desire to torture small animals and large masses of people. My fear is that simply by identifying 2 and 3, I've increased the chances that they will happen. One day there will be a made-for-TV movie about how TinyPants overcame the astounding obstacle of his mother to become the world's greatest football playing ice sculptor. That's dangerously close to all of the above.

It's not that I particularly mind people who play football or carve things out of ice. They're people, too. However, the idea of being forced to endure yet another high school football game makes me cringey. I was a band geek in high school. Pep band was the ultimate intensification ritual for nerds. ART IS SECONDARY TO SPORTS AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT. It crafted a profound bitterness in my soul to all that is football. Plus, unless you're playing, it's friggin boring.

On the subject of ice sculpture, it may seem counter-intuitive for an art student to be so critical of peers in the field, but I just hate it. Passionately.

In the end, I'll gladly support whatever my kid wants to do (unless it involves killing people). I would just rather it wasn't one of those three things.

That's all.