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<Thursday, January 21st, 2010> [Vincent] January 20th, 2010 Two things happened yesterday to make me feel a little older. Tori turned nine. Nine. That's almost ten. Which is almost teenager. She's her own bird, to put it mildly, but looking back, she has come so far, and we are so very proud of her. Not that I'm not terrified about the oncoming adolescence. The other event is kind of embarrassing for Nev, so I apologize if you ever read this, sweetie. Nev had a potty accident on the playground today. The nurse said it's been happening with lots of kids because of the cold. Strange. Anyway, the funny incident happened when she was sitting in the nurse's office, waiting for me to deliver some clean clothes from home. Out of boredom and curiosity, and with no idea what it did, she pressed the little button under the handset while the nurse was on the phone. You know, the button that gets pressed when you set the handset down. The one that hangs up the phone. The nurse snapped at her, since she was talking to a parent, and this disconnected the call. Nev was mortified. I found her in tears when I got there. All of this happened because the phones that we grew up with, are... antiques. She's probably never seen a phone like that, and certainly never used one. At least now she knows what that button does. Time for a mid-life crisis, I guess. Maybe I'll move the family to New York or something. .:. Add a comment |